constructivism

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Social Constructivism: Social constructivism is a variety of cognitive constructivism that emphasizes the collaborative nature of much learning.

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  1. noun A movement in modern art originating in Moscow in 1920 and characterized by the use of industrial materials such as glass, sheet metal, and plastic to create nonrepresentational, often geometric objects.

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  • In order to avoid both theoretically eclectic and redundant approaches to constructivism, this article proposes one possible and coherent reconstruction of constructivism understood as a reflexive meta-theory. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Based on ` double hermeneutics ', constructivism is perhaps best understood by distinguishing its position on the level of observation, the level of action proper, and the relationship between these two levels. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • On the basis of this distinction, the article argues that constructivism is epistemologically about the social construction of knowledge and ontologically about the construction of social reality. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • (07 November 2006) - Op-Art pioneer Victor Vasarely was profoundly influenced by Bauhaus, constructivism, cubism and surrealism. —  Cool Hunting
  • He talks a lot about Russian constructivism, montage and collage. —  Masters of Media, New Media MA Amsterdam
 

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