A brief definition of contructivism

1. Constructivism

2. What ‘s it?Constructivism is both a philosophy and a theory of learning. The key concept of constructivism is that learning is an active process of creating, rather than acquiring, knowledge.

3. PRINCIPLESLearners bring unique prior knowledge and beliefs to a learning situation.Knowledge is constructed uniquely and individually, in multiple ways, through a variety of tools, resources, and contexts.Learning is both an active and reflectiveprocess.

4. Learning is developmental. We make sense of our world by assimilating, accommodating, orrejecting new information.Social interaction introduces multiple perspectivesonlearning.Learning is internally controlled and mediatedbythelearner.

5. KINDS OF CONSTRUCTIVISM

6. EXTRA INFORMATIONJhon Dewey (1933/1998) is often cited as the philosophical founder of this approach.