Post on 21-Dec-2015
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CONSTRUCTIVISMAbout 13 min
About Constructivism
• Knowledge is constructed, not acquired
• More of an approach (combination of theoretical principles) than a specified theory
• Also consistent with ideas of generative learning, embodied cognition, postmodernism
Nature vs. Nurture Debate, Revisited
SCIENC E
Social Factors
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF KNOWLEDGE
NATURE
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Type How Knowledge is Defined
Origins What it looks like
Personal Constructivism
By the individual Piaget Teacher helps individual shape his own thought
Radical Constructivism
By societal consensus Philosophy Teacher sets up activities to help groups reach consensus
Social Constructivism
Knowledge is product of processes and context used to construct it
Vygotsky, Bruner Teacher sets up socially oriented activities in which students co-construct knowledge
Emergent Constructivism
By both individual and society
Vygotsky, Bruner Discovery learning
Aphilosophical Constructivism
Take your pick…. All of the above and then some
Whatever you want but basically very student-centered
“Mainstream” Social Constructivist Origins
• Reaction to:– objectivist, positivist view– metaphor of mind as a computer processor– worries over decontextualization of knowledge
• Vygotsky’s writings about role of culture and history in knowledge and learning