Constructivist approach in Teaching and Learning: Meta-Analysis of Literature Review

The present research paper is a sincere attempt to explore the related literature and studies on the theme of constructivism, with a persuasion approach in which the researcher critically examine the content of the review with the help of a set of defined parameters and logically develop the arguments by meta-analysis of the review data. This will help the researcher to find out the research gap of each review and to ascertain the strength and weakness of each research study. For the meta-analysis of the data, the researcher has analysis 90 articles on constructivism which were published in reputed journals. The articles published from 2009 to 2018 were taken into consideration for the analysis. The articles of the journals categorized into different sub elements to derive meaningful findings. The major findings of the study are: constructivism studies are conducting across the globe and along with the developed countries developing countries are also exploring and researching on the various aspects of constructivism and its impact on teaching and learning; the frequency of the number of work published on the topic of constructivism has been increasing exponentially; many authors from various disciplines are working in the field of constructivism independently and in collaboration mode; constructivism studies on the aspect of teaching and learning are going on across the disciplines with inter and multi disciplinary style and the number of citation and reference list are increasing in the constructivism researches which are publishing in the past decade. The present paper will help the new researchers in the field of education and social sciences to establish the research gap in the field of constructivism in the last decade. The findings and discussion of the study will contribute a reflective roadmap for researchers in the field of constructivism with a special focus on teaching and learning.