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Professional Development Workshop on Constructivist Theory
Resource: Table 4.2 in Ch. 4 of Instructional Leadership
Develop a professional development workshop that addresses ways in which teachers can incorporate constructivist theory into their teaching.
Address inquiry learning and problem-based learning in your workshop. You will draw from research, learned concepts from the text, and discussions in this course on how to communicate and address the concerns that teachers have when incorporating types of constructivist theories in instruction.
Prepare a multimedia presentation of your professional development workshop that includes the following:
Introduction
Rationale for the approach you took when developing the professional development workshop, such as answering how your workshop will help teachers
Overview of the professional development workshop
Examples of at least two activities that will be conducted during the professional development workshop
Demonstration of one activity from your professional development workshop that assists teachers in applying the constructivist theory to their teaching