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It was assumed earlier that teachers impart information to their students who process the information with the help of their cognitive structure and team. Learning therefore, moves from outside to inside the learners. Learner; cannot construct knowledge on their own. Students were considered as blank slate upon which the teacher etches information. Over the years brain research has provided more light on how learners learn. Constructivism on the other hand, highlights that each learner can construct knowledge on her/ his own. Constructivism has brought about a dramatic change in the role of teachers and learners. The main task of the teacher in the constructivist classroom is to pose problem(s) to her/ his learners and to support them in solving the problem thereby helping them to construct knowledge. Similarly, the role of learner is to create knowledge rather than to ingest mechanically transmitted communicated by the teacher. Though constructivism is the theory of learning but certain pedagogical implications have been derived from the theory.