Constructivist Teaching/Learning Theory and Participatory Teaching Methods

Abstract

Evidence for the teaching involves transmission of knowledge, superiority of guided transmission is explained in thecontext of our knowledge, but it is also much more that. In this study we have examined General Sir JohnKotelawala Defence University’s cadet and civilian students’ response to constructivist learning theory andparticipatory teaching methods, especially concepts and knowledge on the learning platform in the DefenceUniversity. Target population of this study represents 41 students. All students were given a questionnaire related toconstructivist learning theory and participatory teaching methods. The claims of constructivist teaching/learningtheory that this paper has singled out are the following: 1) learning is an active experience; 2) the ideas students holdabout the subject and topic being taught will form a part of their learning experience; and 3) learning is socially andculturally rooted. Recent developments in Constructivist Teaching/Learning Theory was explained and brieflydescribed in this paper.