Constructivism TIPR

The teacher uses multiple facets of constructivism in his teaching. One lesson that immediately comes to mind is one where he was having the students explore how the environment a scene takes place in effects the acting. He had the students pretend that they were at a birthday party and then had them think about different environments such as a pizza place, a hailstorm, on the moon, etc. The students had to explore how the environment would change their behavior, feelings, and actions. The students had to "construct" their actions based on the changes. He also had the students do an assignment where they had to put together a presentation on their favorite drama. They had to explore different medias to see where drama was used. The kids learned how drama is used in ways they had never thought about it, such as video games, youtube videos, cartoons, etc.

The students could use constructivism more. Specifically in character development. Right now every character becomes them instead of them constructing what that character would be like without the students personality involved. They could spend more time collaborating and researching for themselves how those from different time periods and cultures would act.

In my lesson I will include characters that are not teens. They will need to act like a different age, personality,  and in some cases a different gender. This will allow the students to explore and construct a character that is very different from themselves.