ACADEMIA Letters
The Constructivists’ Philosophy of Education Classroom
Emmanuel Imiere
This model ofers a perspective on philosophy of education from an instructional design view-
point . The present study attempts to establish conditions in which constructivist principles
and strategies can be adapted to teaching and learning of philosophy of education.
Teaching role and methods
Teaching methods are designed to give students the opportunity to observe, engage in, and
invent or discover expert strategies in context. Such an approach will enable students to see
how these strategies combine with their factual and conceptual knowledge and how they use
a variety of resources in the social and physical environment. The teacher provides guidance
in the learning process., directs learning by presenting the environment and technology that
stimulates and encourages critical thinking and problem solving skills in learners. I considered
methods that get students to articulate their knowledge, reasoning, or problem solving.
Socratic Teaching
The oldest, and still the most powerful, teaching tactic for fostering critical thinking is Socratic
teaching. In Socratic teaching the focus is on giving students questions, not answers. The con-
ceptual model incorporates the Socratic method of inquiring and probing mind by continually
probing into the subject with questions. Fortunately, the abilities we gain by focusing on the
elements of reasoning in a disciplined and self-assessing way, and the logical relationships
that result from such disciplined thought, prepare us for Socratic questioning. The model
presents dimensions of questioning that includes the following elements as predictable sets of
relationship that hold for philosophy of education literature.
Academia Letters, July 2021
Corresponding Author: Emmanuel Imiere, eimiere77@gmail.com
Citation: Imiere, E. (2021). The Constructivists’ Philosophy of Education Classroom. Academia Letters,
Article 2354.
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