Constructivism

Constructivism- a theory of knowledge that argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from and interaction between their experiences and ideas.

The idea that students can internalize their learning leads to a classroom where students are responsible for a lot of their learning. The teacher tends to take a more hands-off approach to instruction and are their mainly to guide students along as they explore, discover, and synthesis what they learned.

This theory is mostly attributed to the work of Jean Piaget.