구성주의와 영어협동학습

Constructivism and Cooperative Study of English

Constructivism focuses on learners improving their intellectual abilities through the interaction between personal experiences and social circumstances while objectivism focuses on learners understanding the objective world. Constructivism puts an emphasis on the cooperative learning through which learners work together to share and promote their learning goals. Teachers in objectivism expect learners to accept the objective knowledge and to know facts of the world, while teachers in constructivism are arbitrators and supporters in the classroom where learners master some skills through cooperative learning. Constructive learners come to understand the others' point of views in the process of listening to the others' words and of putting themselves in the others' places. They cooperate with other learners to reach their mutual goals. They are wary of unilateral and exclusive ideas, and try to keep the various and comprehensive viewpoints in mind by working together. As a result, they pursue common unity rather than absolute facts.