Constructivism in physics teaching

Abstract

The basic principles of constructivism are examined in this paper and, based on the 5E instructional model, it is shown how constructivism can be applied to the study of the chapter Uniformly Accelerated Motion. In order to form the intrinsic motivation to learn physics, the student's internal resources, which must be accessed by the teacher, are presented. The connection between constructivism and the multidimensional structure of knowledge, which consists of conceptual understanding, procedural knowledge and axiological knowledge, is analyzed. Based on the example of the chapter Uniformly Accelerated Motion, it is shown what exactly each of these three forms of knowledge contains.