A Model for Educational Design Based on a Protect inspired by Constructivist Approach

Khosravi, Rahmatollah; Fardanesh, Hashem

A Model for Educational Design Based on a Protect inspired by Constructivist Approach

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

¹ PhD student in curriculum planning at Tarbiat Modares University

² Associate Professor Tarbiat Modares University

Abstract

is based on a project with an approach to learning which is deep and comprehensive for teaching- learning situation in the classroom which engage students in probing and discovering valid and valuable problems. Projects are complex tasks and are-based on problems and questions which are challenging which engages students in designing, problem-solving, decision making or discovery activity and which provide them an opportunity for learning for long periods of time relatively independent which also result in producing artifacts or presenting matters realistically. This kind of learning instead of having an inflexible and closed structure has a complex and flexible frame work. This frame work has characterizes which are descriptive of teaching-learning interactions. This article has two parts in the first part, constructivist approach and its background relating to that learning domain which is based on project is presently and then a model for educational design based on project approach is discussed. In the second part, while mentoring project based on web-learning, a educational design model suitable to that will be presented as well.

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