Empowering Young Minds: Applying Learning Theories in the Classroom
1. Piaget’s Constructivist Theory: Building Knowledge Through Exploration. Piaget believed that students construct knowledge through exploration. For adolescents in the formal operational stage, abstract thinking is now possible. The theory support discovery learning and allow learners to have autonomy. However, one limitation is that it may not fully accommodate individual learning space or speeds, especially for students who need or require special assistance to acquire the concepts. During Micro-Teaching, in my lesson on flowcharts, students explored the concept through examining the real life experience and breaking down the problem into steps. Instead of lecturing for the whole period, I divide them into a group and ask them to draw a flowchart. So, during that time students raise a question, developed ideas and share their understanding to each other. This allow students to construct their own knowledge actively. As a student, I f...