Are the activities in class forcing us to teach to the exam
requirements? Are the exams neatly tied to the curriculum as we
understand it?

I believe we need to improve our knowledge base on the philosophy of
the Constructivist. To me looks like the arguments on the 'dryness'
(my own word) of the epistemological constructivist stems from the
fact that knowledge is dynamic, and apportioning a static 'model' of
constructivism is not only unfair to ourselves as teachers and
philosophers, but also renders our knowledge base static too, not
improving , so to speak.

Probably some are doing the right thing. But I have often found that
the activities going on in class for the most part are in line with
the exam-type questions, and would we really call this new knowledge
construction?

In any educational endevor, the learner must at the end of it all
feel some measure of ownership of the knowledge they have
(individually) 'constructed'. The must feel compelled to engage in an
individual way to 'doing something about it'. Students however come
in many different packages of capabilities, hence the need to utilise
as many teaching/learning styles as is possible to reach a majority
of the students in our 'charge'. that far i do not doubt, that's the
way to go. But how much more of construction are we hoping for if we
are teaching to the tune of exams. Therein lies the problem. Exams
are our way to measure our efforts so to make decisions, fair enough,
and I am for them. But i do not know...rather it was supposed to be a
question, though, if the dynamics of exams or all that is expected
of 'candidates' could help us come up with a 'Working-Dynamic' Model
of Constructionism.

Constructivism is a beautiful area, I must admit, but has holes which
need our careful working at it to have a closed, intact, dynamic
working model. Before I waffle any further (cause i have a lot to say
on this) any ideas. I just joined the group and I found this topic
quite intriguing. We all are unanimous, constructivism works well in
our perspective while leaving us wondering in its incompleteness in
another.

This forum is so helpful, thanks for having it; keeps us thinking,
thinking, and rethimking.

Thank you guys

Oppress B Makhafula