ETA and Constructivism

Time for my second post. First, what a bad weekend for being an Ohio Sports fan. The Indians get pounded by the lowly Royals. The OSU Buckeyes get embarrassed by USC. Finally, The Browns lay an egg versus the Steelers. Ho-hum, such is life as an Ohio sports fan! I am able to post now because school was cancelled today from all of the power outages.

Now back to the topic. It has been bugging me for over a week since Constructivism was introduced as a topic in this class. It bugged me because it seemed SO familiar from my undergraduate at KSU. I FINALLY remembered it and it is similar to the "Ecological Task Analysis" which is an approach used in teaching Physical Education classes. Here is a link to the book and it just gives a brief description of the ETA. I took a few classes from Dr. Davis at KSU.

http://www.humankinetics.com/products/showproduct.cfm?isbn=9780736051859

Now, the definitions may be a bit different between Constuctivism and the ETA approach, but the application of each is very similar. Students find their own way to meet the goal. Hence, the process is just as important as the end result. I found this very unique and have drawn comparisons between the two. I actually feel comfortable with Constructivism because I have been involved in it previously.