Teacher training students' experiences of instructional designing based on the constructivism approach

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

ahmadreza fazeli ¹ , morteza karami ²

1 - 1دانشجوی دکتری برنامه ریزی درسی دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد، مشهد، ایران
2 - 2استادیار دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد، مشهد، ایران

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2015-05-22

Keywords: Students' and teachers' experiences, Constructivism approach, instructional designing, Constructivism model of Johnson,

Abstract :

Constructivism approach is a relatively new approach in the field of instructional designing. The aim of this study was to identify and explore the experiences of the students and teachers of instructional designing based on the constructivism approach and constructivism learning environment design pattern. The research method in this study was qualitative method and was of the phenomenological type. All the students and the teachers of Beheshti Teacher Training Center of Mashhad Elementary Education who had enrolled in this center in the academic year 2012-2013 were chosen as the statistical population .Then, 15 students and teachers were chosen through the target sampling. Due to data saturation, the researchers found this number sufficient. The instrument being used was semi-structured interview. To validate the results of this study, the outcomes and extracted issues were confirmed by the participants. Deductive coding methods, then, was used to analyze the data and the interviews. Applying Johnson's model in the classroom resulted in gaining very significant experiences for both the students and the teachers. Independence, autonomy or self-sufficiency, problem-solving ability, dominance in research, retrieval and storage of information, effective interactions and depth learning were the factors being concluded from the interviews. According to these findings, it can be concluded that this very model and the other models which are based on constructivism approach can have a significant impact on the performance and success of students in different courses.

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