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Pedagogical Leadership

Co-Constructed Learning

Module 5, Part 6

Jade Hamilton

What is Co-Constructed Learning

Is an approach, where the emphasis is on collaboration with the students in the classroom. It is where educators and students create a classroom environment together based on everyone's interests and work. Learning centres are also based off of students interests and inquiry. It allows for children to communicate their learnings in different ways.

Aims of a Co-Constructed Classroom

  • Enables students to develop skills and confidence
  • To be independent learners and to take ownership of their own learning
  • To ensure students' prior learning is always the starting point for further learning
  • To create an environment in which students take risks with their learning and exploring
  • To create an environment that unleases teacher's and students' creative energy

What children do vs. teachers in a co-constructed environment

What does a Co-Constructed Classroom look like...

What does a Co-Constructed Classroom look like...

  • You will see:
  • -Children's work is displayed all over the classroom
  • Students help to create dramtic centres
  • Inquiry is based on the interests of the students at the time

What our co-constructed environment looks like!

What our co-constructed environment looks like!

Instead of traditional store bought posters, you will see students constructing our number and alaphbet walls.

Instead of traditional store bought posters, you will s...

Students help create our dramatic play centres.

Students help create our dramatic play centres.

Student work is displayed through the room.

Tools are made readily available to students so that they c...

Tools are made readily available to students so that they can demonstrate their learning in a number of ways.

Benefits

How does a co-constructed learning environment help our students?

Children are able to communicate their understanding in their own ways, this means they aren't stressing about spelling if they are not ready to do so.

When their confidence is high they are willing to take risks and teachers' can offer more in terms of learning.

Teacher Role in a Co-constructed environment

It is the teacher's job to help faliciate the learning happening in the classroom.

They are to ensure that the tools are readily available so children are able to demonstrate their learning.

They are asking students questions and documentating what is being said.

It means teamwork between teacher and student.

Teachers' Role

Works Cited

Edugains. Listening in on Children Sharing their Inquiry [Video File]. Retrieved from http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/fulldaykinder/videoinquiry.html (4:02 mins)

Edugains. Reflections of Inquiry: The Power of Inquiry-- Co-constructing and Making Learning Visible [Video File]. Retrieved from http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/fulldaykinder/videoinquiry.html

Edugains. What Does it Look LIke and Sound LIke to Co-constru...

Edugains. What Does it Look LIke and Sound LIke to Co-construct Inquiry with the Children? Listening in on a Classroom Inquiry [Video File]. Retrieved from http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/fulldaykinder/videoinquiry.html

Sherrington, Tom. (2012 August 27). Towards Co-constructed Learning: How to get it Started. Retrieved from https://teacherhead.com/2012/08/27/towards-co-constructed-learning-how-to-get-it-started/

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