Chapter 5, Knowledge Construction

Chapter 7 primarily provides us with an overview of how knowledge is formed in our brain and how it is then organized so we can remember it. It is important to know people are able to form different meanings when experiencing the same event or occurrence. People are able to do this because they are using different prior experiences in making sense or understanding this event. They can also interpret what they see and hear based on what they expect to see or hear. Prior experiences are able to influence new information that is learned.There are two thoughts on knowledge construction. Individual Constructivism, a study on how individually people construct meaning from their experiences. Social Constructivism is the second. Social Constructivism deals with peoples collective effort to understand meaning. This was an interesting chapter to get more information on the different ways of learning. This is important as an educator to be familiar with because it will affect the various ways they teach to their class.