EVALUATION OF LEARNERS’ WELL-BEING IN THE FOCUS OF CURRENT APPROACHES IN EDUCATION

Abstract

With the rapidly changing science and technology in recent times, change and development in the general structure of societies have become inevitable. Therefore, education and training institutions are seen as the main element that ensures keeping up with this change and innovation. When we look at the common features of these changes and developments in every society, it is seen that individuals are activated, have problem-solving skills, give importance to research, think with a critical perspective and at the same time raise individuals who are production-oriented. Constructivist approach emerges as the main approach in modern education approach. In the constructivist approach, the main goal is for the student to construct the knowledge himself. The constructivist approach, which offers alternative activities for student learning, aims to provide students with cognitive and affective gains, giving importance to individual differences, offering a democratic classroom environment. At the same time, it emphasizes the development of learning approaches and education styles related to gaining a desire to learn and increasing permanent learning. A constructivist approach focuses on learning through interactive instruction and alternative assessment techniques that give the student the locus of control. The emphasis is on the process, not the product, which encourages students to be active and open to learning. This generates many positive emotions, such as a love of learning, academic commitment, and emotion management, and these emotions will engage learners and make them the founders of knowledge. Student well-being is defined as a sustainable state characterized by predominantly positive emotions and attitude, positive relationships at school, resilience, self-healing, and a high level of satisfaction with learning experiences. It can be said that there is a positive and significant relationship between constructivist approaches in education and students’ well-being.