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MY WAY TO CONSTRUCTIVISM

Radek Krpec

First published: 2015https://doi.org/10.5593/SGEMSOCIAL2015/B12/S3.088View metrics

Abstract

Our undergoing research in action started half a year ago and focuses on pupils as well as teachers. The proposed article focuses on the teacher (author), whose main goal is to transform from transmissive education style to a constructivist one – specifically, the scheme-oriented education developed by M. Hejny and his team. We focus on the changes that take place in the pedagogical views of the teacher; their behavior patterns, teaching preparation, execution and evaluation, and in their relationship to mathematics. The experiment took place during a mathematics teaching club attended by 5 to 10 pupils aged 11-13 studying at Secondary Grammar School of Prof. Otto Wichterle (Ostrava, Czech Republic). The curriculum focused on combinatorics and the presented study analyzes the part in which the teacher tries to lead pupils to discover the formula for n choose 2. The tool for this consists of five exercises with gradually increasing difficulty, beginning with the discovery of the relation for the number of 2-combinations from five elements in five different semantic contexts. The experiment has been video-recorded and supplied with teacher’s personal notes. The recording was transcribed in writing and analyzed by the author and a consultant, who has several years of experience with the method. The discoveries of the analysis were divided into three interconnected categories: 1) teacher activities in preparing the class scenario and after the class, reflecting; 2) teacher activities during the class, when it is necessary to react to a situation, especially if it is not expected; 3) teacher ability to diagnose pupils, uncover the causes of their behavior. The research confirms that the transformation from transmissive education style to a constructivist one is a demanding and long-term process.

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Title
MY WAY TO CONSTRUCTIVISM
Authors
Radek Krpec
Proceedings
Proceedings of 2nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM2015
Publisher
STEF92 Technology
Year
2015
Pages
685-692
SWS Citekey
Krpec20153685692
ISSN
2367-5659
ISBN
978-619-7105-45-2
Language
en
Publication type
Proceedings Paper
Keywords
constructivist education stylescheme-oriented educationeducation of mathematicsbehavior patternsteaching preparationevaluation
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