Unit 5
Resources
Student-centered Instruction
Media
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Video: "Research on Learning, Part 2" (Approximate length: 7 minutes) (Available in Module 5
course resources)
Jay McTighe talks about curriculum development using a constructivist approach to teaching.
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Video: The Flipped Classroom (Approximate length: 2 minutes)
Aaron Sam discusses making videos for students to view outside of class and doing work in class
to apply their knowledge.
Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H4RkudFzlc
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Video: The Flipped Classroom: Student Impressions (Approximate length: 4 minutes)
Students in Aaron Sam’s classes give their views on learning in a flipped classroom.
Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJrmsjdcmTY&feature=relmfu
Required Readings
Course Text: Psychology of Learning for Instruction (3rd ed.)
 Chapter 11, “Constructivism”
Articles
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Article: Alesandrini, K., & Larson, L. (2002). Teachers bridge to constructivism. The Clearing
House, 75(3), 118-121.
Focus on instructional events in constructivistic approach to instruction.
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Article: Gordon, M. (2009). Toward a pragmatic discourse of constructivism: Reflections on
lessons from practice. Educational Studies, 45(1), 39–58.
Focus on ways that this theory is operationalized in classrooms.
Optional Media
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Video: The Child-driven Education (Approximate length: 17 minutes)
Sugata Mitra discusses his views on how to arrange digital technology so that students can direct
their own learning.
Focus on application of radical constructivism using digital technology.
Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html
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Video: "Research on Learning, Part 1" (Approximate length: 7 minutes) (in Module 2 in course
materials)
In this video, Jay McTighe explains how learning theories have moved from behaviorist to
constructivist orientations.
Focus on McTighe’s perspective on the evolution of these theories.
Optional Articles
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Online Article: Cornelius-White, J. (2007). Learning centered teacher-student relationships are
effective. Review of Educational Research, 77, 113-143. doi: 10.3102/ 003465430298563
Retrieved from http://www.sagepub.com/scarlettstudy/articles/Cornelius-White.pdf