Teaching with the Constructivist Theory for Multiple Teaching Strategies and Expected Assessment Results

Emil Gjorgov

This paper will address and portray the concept that effective teaching is achieved with help of various innovative methods to achieve the desired results in undergraduate and graduate levels. Learning processes depend on individual properties of learners like age, level of experience, knowledge and interest which usually span a wide range. Thus, there is no best teaching strategy that applies to every learning situation. Knowledge, of course, is central to education, and learning should not be forgotten Constructivism is an approach to teaching and learning based on the premise that cognition (learning) is the result of "mental construction." In other words, students learn by fitting new information together with what they already know. Many believe that learning is affected by the context in which an idea is taught as well as by students' beliefs and attitudes. Such theories have been put through actual testing at the University to promote greater understanding and development of the concept “strong minds fuel strong organizations”. Hence we must capitalize on our natural styles and then build systems to satisfy needs. Only through an individual learning process can we re-create our environments and ourselves.