Journal # 8

Journal #8
Online Learning in Harmony
This article is about teaching methods, written by Kimberley Ketterer who talks about behaviorist constructionist methods. Pre-Internet days it was evident a teacher was either one or the other. Now with emphasis on the Internet the teaching method can actually be a combination of the two. Behaviorist teaching methods are based on “Passive Learning” where students learn through practice and repetition. While Constructionist teaching is based on “Interactive Learning.” Now thanks to the Internet students can benefit more from being exposed to both methods of learning better preparing them for the real world.

Question 1: Behaviorists and Constructionists can now coexist in peace, why did it take the Internet to make this possible?
Answer: Thanks to the Internet and valuable websites that are designed for education students are exposed to all sorts of teaching styles and methods. Now classrooms are supported by technology and students learn from this technology.

Question 2: Which method is better? Behaviorists or constructionists?
Answer: I don’t believe that one is better than the other, but I do think that one is better for a particular person than the other. Everyone has a learning style or technique and it is good to see the individual and not just a student. It is up to teachers to find ways to get through to their students and some may be visual learners while others are more structured. Ultimately it is wrong to say one is better than the other, and right to say one is better for me.