Directory of Constructivism Resources

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Category for sites relating to learning theories in constructivism.

Subcategories

• Holistic Education
• Kay, Alan
• Papert, Seymour
• Piaget, Jean

Resources in This Category

• Constructivism

  http://viking.coe.uh.edu/~ichen/ebook/et-it/constr.htm
  On cognitive constructivism and social constructivism.

• Constructivism

  http://www.edwebproject.org/constructivism.html#def_constructivism
  Brief introduction to the basics.

• Constructivism & Technology

  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Constructivism_%26_Technology
  Book about the application of constructivism to technology.

• Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning

  http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/
  Explanation to gain an understanding of the concept, then goes to a demonstration, where it moves from concept to classroom.

• Constructivism, Workplace Learning, and Vocational Education

  http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED407573.pdf
  Document which shows how constructivism relates to vocational education.

• Constructivism: From Philosophy to Practice

  http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emurphy/stemnet/cle.html
  Contains sections on constructivist epistemology, learning theory, characteristics, and checklist for educators.

• Constructivist Learning

  http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Teachers_Page/Language_Learning_Articles/constructivist_learning.htm
  Brief definition by Dimitrios Thanasoulas, Greece.

• Constructivist Learning Theory

  http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/resources/constructivistlearning.html
  A brief exposition of ideas central to constructivism. Then explores what the principles mean for museum educators.

• Constructivist Teaching in Primary Science

  http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v3_issue1/sowm/
  Aims to find evidence of constructivist teaching amongst teachers in primary science lessons and to identify any changes in the extent of constructivist teaching when teachers advanced from pre-service to novice teaching.

• EduTech Wiki: Constructivism

  http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Constructivism
  Brief concepts and descriptions of the topic.

• M.A. Boudourides: Constructivism in Education: A Shopper\'s Guide

  http://thalis.math.upatras.gr/~mboudour/articles/constr.html#bartlett
  A paper to present a brief review of the various streams of constructivism in studies of education, society, science and technology. Philosophy and Constructivism, Cybernetic Constructivism, Piaget and Developmental Psychology, Von Glasersfeld’s Radical Constructivism, Vygotsky and Social Psychology, and a brief guide to Science and Technology Studies.

• Math Forum - Constructivism in Mathematics Education

  http://mathforum.org/mathed/constructivism.html
  About the concept from the point of view of math's education.

• Piaget’s Constructivism, Papert’s Constructionism:, What’s the difference?

  http://learning.media.mit.edu/content/publications/EA.Piaget%20_%20Papert.pdf
  Describes in detail the main differences in an attempt to try to enrich our understanding of how people learn and, grow. By Edith Ackermann.

• SEDL Letter, Constructivism, Volume IX, Number 3

  http://www.sedl.org/pubs/sedletter/v09n03/welcome.html
  Articles covering the topic, by Mimi Mayer, Wesley A. Hoover and David Foster. SEDL Letter is the institutional magazine of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), a private, not-for-profit education research and development corporation based in Austin, Texas.

• Social Constructivism - Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology

  http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Social_Constructivism
  Introduces Social Constructivism with an example, and then defines the social context, perspectives, instructional models, and the differences between Constructionism and Constructivism.

• The University of Sydney: Constructivism

  http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/learning_teaching/ict/theory/constructivism.shtml
  Variety of resources, definitions, learning activities, examples and case studies.

• Une Education Pour Demain

  http://www.uneeducationpourdemain.org/
  An association which promotes the educational approach of Caleb Gattegno: the subordination of teaching to learning

• Wikipedia: Constructionism (learning theory)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructionist_learning#def_constructivism
  Defines the concept, its instructional principles, bringing IT to a classroom, list of computer programming languages supporting the constructionist approach to learning.

• Wikipedia: Constructivism (philosophy of education)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(philosophy_of_education)
  Encyclopaedia entry about the topic. Defines the theory, comments its history, development and criticism.

 

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