A constructivist theory is defined as learning method where students construct their understanding of things, situations or certain knowledge using their own experience and analyzing these experiences. It means people associate any new things to their surroundings with a previous similar situation or experience. They may either consider these new experiences as a support to their current belief, change their outlook or may disregard these as something irrelevant. It all depends on how we assess our own thinking and to be able to do this, we ask questions, we debate internally until we come up with a reasonable idea how to regard this new information.

Now we question, how does the principles of constructivist theory support a learning-centered classroom. As I go through the principles of learning-centered classroom, I understand that to create a classroom that is learner-centered, teachers like me must incorporate lessons that are age-appropriate and relevant to student needs and interests and that these lessons are based on connecting life experiences to promote self analysis thru questioning. These methods help students become skilled at thinking purposefully as they are provided with connections to real-world experiences. Learner-centered activities often include student-produced products that demonstrate the results of their learning.

I very much agree to “All student activities involve active cognitive processes, such as creating, problem solving, reasoning, decision-making, and evaluation. In addition, students are intrinsically motivated to learn due to the meaningful nature of the learning environment and activities.”
Engagement Theory, Greg Kearsley & Ben Shneiderman, 1999

We can note that both the constructivist and learning-centered classrooms view of learning can point towards a number of different teaching practices. Both involves