Constructivism
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Constructivism may refer to:
  • Constructivist epistemology
    Constructivist epistemology
    Constructivist epistemology is an epistemological perspective in philosophy about the nature of scientific knowledge. Constructivists maintain that scientific knowledge is constructed by scientists and not discovered from the world. Constructivists claim that the concepts of science are mental...

    , the philosophical view
  • Constructivism in international relations
  • Constructivism (mathematics)
    Constructivism (mathematics)
    In the philosophy of mathematics, constructivism asserts that it is necessary to find a mathematical object to prove that it exists. When one assumes that an object does not exist and derives a contradiction from that assumption, one still has not found the object and therefore not proved its...

    , a philosophical view on mathematical proofs and existence of mathematical objects
  • Constructivism (art)
    Constructivism (art)
    Constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1919, which was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art. The movement was in favour of art as a practice for social purposes. Constructivism had a great effect on modern art movements of the 20th...

    , a twentieth century artistic movement
  • Constructivist architecture
    Constructivist architecture
    Constructivist architecture was a form of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It combined advanced technology and engineering with an avowedly Communist social purpose. Although it was divided into several competing factions, the movement produced...

    , an architectural movement in Russia from 1919 onwards
  • Constructivism (learning theory)
    Constructivism (learning theory)
    Constructivism is a theory of knowledge that argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from an interaction between their experiences and their ideas. During infancy, it was an interaction between human experiences and their reflexes or behavior-patterns. Piaget called these systems of...

    , a theory about the nature of learning
  • Social constructionism
    Social constructionism
    Social constructionism and social constructivism are sociological theories of knowledge that consider how social phenomena or objects of consciousness develop in social contexts. A social construction is a concept or practice that is the construct of a particular group...

    , a sociological theory of knowledge
  • Social constructivism
    Social constructivism
    Social constructivism is a sociological theory of knowledge that applies the general philosophical constructionism into social settings, wherein groups construct knowledge for one another, collaboratively creating a small culture of shared artifacts with shared meanings...

    , the role of culture and social context for cognitive development
  • Constructivism (psychological school)
    Constructivism (psychological school)
    In psychology, constructivism concerns the world of constructivist psychologies. Many schools of psychotherapy self-define themselves as “constructivist”. Although extraordinarily different in their therapeutic techniques, they are all connected by a common critique to previous standard approaches...

    , an approach to psychological research and therapy
  • Constructivist teaching methods
    Constructivist teaching methods
    Constructivist teaching is based on constructivist learning theory. This theoretical framework holds that learning always builds upon knowledge that a student already knows; this prior knowledge is called a schema...


See also

  • Neuroconstructivism
    Neuroconstructivism
    In this psychological approach, gene/gene interaction, gene/environment interaction and, crucially, the process of ontogeny are all considered to play a vital role in how the brain progressively sculpts itself and how it gradually becomes specialised over developmental time.Neuroplasticity is...

  • Social constructionism
    Social constructionism
    Social constructionism and social constructivism are sociological theories of knowledge that consider how social phenomena or objects of consciousness develop in social contexts. A social construction is a concept or practice that is the construct of a particular group...

  • Strict constructionism
    Strict constructionism
    In the United States, Strict constructionism refers to a particular legal philosophy of judicial interpretation that limits or restricts judicial interpretation. The phrase is also commonly used more loosely as a generic term for conservatism among the judiciary.- Strict sense of the term :Strict...

    , in law
  • Deconstructivism
    Deconstructivism
    Deconstructivism is a development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s. It is characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate some of the elements of...


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