EDUC 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Egocentrism, Object Permanence, Whiteboard
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Some parts are inaccurate and some parts are accurate. Seed grows into a root is accurate but the seed isn"t still visible. The children are constructing this image by themselves. Constructivism believe that children comes into a classroom with an idea of understanding of the word. The children are taking the information in and building new ideas in their mind. Researchers as students why do we have season changes. The students said because during the summer the earth is closer to the sun so it gets hotter. But the earth is the same distance around. It is supposed to be the rotation of the earth and which every part is facing the sun is the hottest part of the earth. Every tune we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. It is very important to have people invent things for themselves.
