Constructivism

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Within a constructivist learning environment the learner is active in the process of gaining knowledge while the teacher is a facilitator in the learning process. Constructivism in education involves experiential learning and real life experience as vital in the building of knowledge.

Enonbun (2010) cited Fosnot (1996) and was saying that "the core of constructivism is that learners actively construct their own knowledge and meaning from their experiences... knowledge, rather than transmitted, is created, or constructed, by each learner." Again, Enonbun (2010) mentioned "Constructivism as a paradigm posits that learning is an active, constructive process."

Bruner (1966) as stated in Huang (2002) suggests that technology and technologies are powerful tools for instruction that help learners elaborate on what they are thinking and encourages them to engage in meaningful learning" (p.30).

Abbott argued that Inquisitiveness is what drives children’s learning, and constructivism is the theory that Cognitive Scientists have devised to explain how a child progresses from inquisitiveness to new knowledge. "...the brain as a living, unique, ever-changing organism that grows and reshapes itself in response to challenge, with elements that wither through lack of use." (Abbott & Ryan, 1999)

Through the ages, multiple scientists did research this theory to prove its effectiveness.
 * == Constructivists ==


 * [|John Dewey] (1859–1952)
 * [|Maria Montessori] (1870–1952)
 * [|Władysław Strzemiński] (1893–1952)
 * [|Lev Vygotsky] (1896–1934)
 * [|Jean Piaget] (1896–1980)
 * [|George Kelly] (1905–1967)
 * [|Heinz von Foerster] (1911–2002)
 * [|Jerome Bruner] (1915-)
 * [|Ernst von Glasersfeld] (1917–2010)
 * [|Paul Watzlawick] (1921–2007)
 * [|Edgar Morin] (1921–)
 * [|Humberto Maturana] (1928–)
 * [|Laszlo Garai] (1935–)
 * [|David A. Kolb] (1939–) || [[image:Capture d’écran 2013-11-09 à 12.37.08.png width="456" height="369" align="center"]] ||