The development, implementation and evaluation of a Constructivist learning approach based on personal construct psychology

Abstract

This study involved the development, implementation and evaluation of a constructivist learning model based on Kelly\u27s (1955) Personal Construct Psychology (PCP). The thesis begins with a rationale for the use of PCP and then the instructional approach is derived from this theoretical basis. Following the derivation, examples of learning materials used in the implementation are presented. The second half of the thesis deals with data gathered before, during and after the implementation which occurred in two Year 9 science classes. The classes were part of a city high school in Western Australia