A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH TO TEACHING: IMPLICATIONS IN TEACHING COMPUTER NETWORKING

摘要

The rapidly changing, increasingly complex business world requires college graduates to use multiple, complex skills to solve business problems. Conventional teaching strategies that mainly consist of lectures may not be effective to prepare these students for employment. Constructivist learning theory, which uses construction kits to assist learners to construct knowledge and emphasizes presenting learning activity in a meaningful context, provides an alternative theoretical foundation for rethinking and redesigning teaching practices. This paper presents the constructivist theory and offers examples of teaching practices based on the theory for teaching basic computer networking concepts.