Constructivism
and
Postmodernism
By:
Ms. Jocel Ann D. Luzong
What is Constructivism?
It is the philosophy about
learning that proposes the
learners need to build
their own understanding
of new ideas.
Proponents
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget
Born: August 9, 1896 (Switzerland)
Died: September 16, 1980 (Switzerland)
Parents: Arthur Piaget and Rebecca Jackson
Education:
University of Neuchatel
(Ph. D in Natural Science)
Lev Vygotsky
Born: November 19, 1896(Belarus)
Died: July 11, 1934 (Moscow) - tuberculosis
Gaston Bachelard
Born: June 27, 1884 (France)
Died: October 16, 1962
s of Constructivism
Constructivism
Cognitive
Constructivism
Social
Constructivism
Structured for
Individual
Structures in a
Social Context
Understanding=
Independent
Intervention
Understanding=
Social in Origin
Cognitive Constructivism
• Individual experience and process through
which learning occurs.
• It is how the individual learner understands
things.
• Through Developmental Stages and Learning
Styles
Radical Constructivism
Coming to know is a process of dynamic
adaptation towards viable interpretations
of experience. The knower does not
necessarily construct knowledge of a
"real" world.
Social Constructivism
• Negotiated learning through
interaction with others.
• Emphasizes on how meanings and
understandings grow out of social
encounters.
Cultural Constructivism
The wider context of cultural influences,
including custom, religion, biology, tools
and language.
Critical Constructivism
Reforming these environments in order
to improve the success of constructivism
applied as a referent.
Assumption
What is
Postmodernism?
Based on the belief that
there is no true objectivity
and that therefore, the
authentic implementation of
the scientific method is
impossible.
Jean – Francois Lyotard
Born: August 10, 1924 (France)
Died: April 21, 19998 (Leukemia)
Jean Baudrillard
Born: July 27, 1929 (France)
Died: March 6, 2007 (France)
Assumption
View of God:
Atheistic
Philosophy:
Anti – Realism
Ethics:
Cultural Relativim
Assumption
Psychology:
Socially Constructed Self
Economics:
Government Controlled
(Interventionism)
Assumption
1. All truth is constructed.
2. Reality is not mirrored in human
understanding, but rather constructed as
individuals find their own reality.
3. Realities are subject to change, and that
apparent realities are actually social
constructs which limit individual.
Postmodernism
- Denies logical thinking
- Subjective
- Ignores the past
- Irrational
- Spontaneity
- With dissipative structures
- Tired of tradition and want to ventures
in conceptual art and design, free from
rules and judgement
“There is no
universal truth.”
Good
Day!!!

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