Learners are formally sent to school to be taught by teachers for learning to take place. Students learn both in and outside the school. They even learn from their peers. In the past, the teacher strives to teach in other to cover the provisions in the curriculum. The methods of teaching adopted by the teachers are characteristically teacher centered. The learner, in such situation has no voice or contribution to make. In the past, the way culture prepared young ones soothe them as well as accepts teacher centered approach to teaching. However, the world is changing and people are learning very fast in the face of ICT. Learner centered education is in vogue and it tends to align to the inquisitive and scientific minds of the learners of this up-coming generation. In view of this, the constructivist teaching model is advocated. This requires that the teachers or the younger ones or this generation should be abreast with the constructivist teaching model. For this to be, it demands that teacher educators should in the course of preparing teacher for the future know and use constructivist teaching model in teaching trainee teachers. In this wise, this paper explain the meaning of constructivist model, its goals and characteristics. The paper highlighted the benefits, nature and roles of a constructivist teacher. The implications of the method to teacher educators were not left out.
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