Dr. Christie's Constructivist Learning Resource

Dr. Christie has very interesting views and thoughts about learning and teaching. I looked through her site and was really inspired by her last lecture that she held. She talked about how her family inspired her to do all of the work she has done over the years. How because she stresses being proactive and self-reliant in turn made her a better teacher. She was taught to learn from life experiences and all the people that cross her path. She also talks alot about integrity, putting her energy into what she wanted to do, and just having fun. She uses all this in her teaching which is a very effective method i think.

I was very interested in Dr. Christie's learning theory constructivist. The theory makes students more partners in learning than teacher/student learning. The teacher and student work together to learn and collaborate ideas. This makes students want to be more involved and try harder. It makes them involved in the process of learning and makes thinks more creative opening doors for the imagination. Dr. Christie also stresses using technology to help with teaching, but not too overuse technology where it is teaching. Dr. Christie's ideas are very good and i am sure she was a great teacher. I think that if students think they are involved and that a teacher needs their help to do a process than it would make students strive more to learn and help, especially because it is making learning more social than book work. Students who use their creativity and hands on methods in learning usually learn and retain more information. Her views would definitely help me in a classroom in the future. She has the theory to make students feel useful, let them use their creativity, and teach them to be self-reliant. Putting all these thinks in a classroom with a little technology to help out and their is no way it couldn't be a useful method to use.