Here are the two videos that represent the difference in constructivist think and objectivist thinking followed by my views on both ways of teaching.
Going through high school I had many teachers that were objectivist. As they lectured on the overhead for the entire forty minute class you found yourself looking around, focusing on what the other students were doing, you constantly nodded off and thought of what you were going to do that day after school or about your options in the lunch line that day. Of course you were taking notes on the power-points as well as doodling and drawing bubble letters of your name over and over, but were you truly learning what the teacher was saying and trying to get across. Like in Video number two you find that the teacher is speaking but the content of what you are supposed to be learning is not sticking in your brain. That is why when these teachers ask you to reciprocate this information on a test it is hard for you to recall. In an objectivist classroom teachers give the curriculum and what they expect you to learn. There is no critical thinking about what they are teaching you and no self problem solving to come up with your own answers. If teachers expect you to not think for yourself in your lesson how do they expect you to think for yourself when it comes time to use this information for testing purposes. A constructivist classroom is much different. In a constructivist classroom students are given a problem and asked to solve it. This forces students to think for themselves and truly learn the material. In a constructivist environment teachers simply give students a framework. If students are interacting with each and the teachers they remain interested in the material. If students have interest in the material then the are more likely to learn what is not only in front of them but to ask questions so that they are able to learn as much as they can from the material. So if teachers truly want students to learn material for understanding then they should help to create a constructivist classroom.
Going through high school I had many teachers that were objectivist. As they lectured on the overhead for the entire forty minute class you found yourself looking around, focusing on what the other students were doing, you constantly nodded off and thought of what you were going to do that day after school or about your options in the lunch line that day. Of course you were taking notes on the power-points as well as doodling and drawing bubble letters of your name over and over, but were you truly learning what the teacher was saying and trying to get across. Like in Video number two you find that the teacher is speaking but the content of what you are supposed to be learning is not sticking in your brain. That is why when these teachers ask you to reciprocate this information on a test it is hard for you to recall. In an objectivist classroom teachers give the curriculum and what they expect you to learn. There is no critical thinking about what they are teaching you and no self problem solving to come up with your own answers. If teachers expect you to not think for yourself in your lesson how do they expect you to think for yourself when it comes time to use this information for testing purposes.
A constructivist classroom is much different. In a constructivist classroom students are given a problem and asked to solve it. This forces students to think for themselves and truly learn the material. In a constructivist environment teachers simply give students a framework. If students are interacting with each and the teachers they remain interested in the material. If students have interest in the material then the are more likely to learn what is not only in front of them but to ask questions so that they are able to learn as much as they can from the material. So if teachers truly want students to learn material for understanding then they should help to create a constructivist classroom.