Synthesis

Constructivism is a learning theory found in psychology which explains how

people might acquire knowledge and learn. Has direct application to education.
Theory suggest that humans construct knowledge and meaning from their
experiences. (University of Sydney)

As what of the papers presents in these studies, it is an approach that teachers are
challenged to provide teaching techniques that support student’s constructing of
their understanding of the lessons that has been discussed. This study helps the
teachers to make a way in order to a student’s understands every lesson they have
been tackled. It is common to everyone that in every learning we gained has a
process, and according to von Glasersfeld (1996)in these study, there are two main
aspects of constructivism. First, learning is a process of knowledge construction
instead of absorption, it means that learning occurs only when the learners are
actively involved in the construction and reorganization of concepts because
sometimes people construct knowledge based on their own perceptions or concepts.
Second, knowledge is highly related to the environment in which the learner
experiences and constructs the knowledge. And in other word’s Understanding also
needs an experience, that’s why it is important to demonstrate the lessons or
discussions to the students through giving an activity that is involved by showing
their participation so, that they understand the lesson easily through their
experiences to the activity that has been given.

A constructivist approach to teaching networking, also used an approach that

can help the students to understand the progress of computer networking, just like
to the other subject, the students also had limited understanding to the computer
networking. In this case, the researcher found an example that can be used as a
basis that a student can understand the concept of computer networking through
giving example like construction kit, like hands on approach in which the
hardware elements will be applied such as cables, hubs, connectors, switches,
bridges, routers, and firewalls, where the students will represent as the elements of
hardware and they are expected to explain, explore, and discuss what is presented
and it will lead to their learnings on what are the different functions of the
elements in terms of computer networking. This construction kit helps students
construct the basic concept of computer networking and it allows them to put their
understanding on display.

In constructivism, constructing an understanding requires that the learners could

have the opportunities to articulate their ideas, to test those ideas through
experimentation and conservation, and to consider connections between the
phenomena that they are examining and other applications of the concept.