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CONSTRUCTIVISM

Constructivism is an epistemological approach concerned with how knowledge is formed in humans. It refers to an educational method where students receive tools to shape their own learning. There are three types of constructivism: cognitive based on Piaget's psychology; socio-cultural based on Vygotsky's ideas; and social constructionism linked to ideas of knowledge in discursive practices. Constructivism can be considered both an epistemological approach based on the object-subject relationship in learning, and a conception of teaching and learning formed from constructivism, meaningful learning, schema of knowledge, and interactivity.

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CONSTRUCTIVISM

Constructivism is an epistemological approach concerned with how knowledge is formed in humans. It refers to an educational method where students receive tools to shape their own learning. There are three types of constructivism: cognitive based on Piaget's psychology; socio-cultural based on Vygotsky's ideas; and social constructionism linked to ideas of knowledge in discursive practices. Constructivism can be considered both an epistemological approach based on the object-subject relationship in learning, and a conception of teaching and learning formed from constructivism, meaningful learning, schema of knowledge, and interactivity.

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CONSTRUCTIVISM

Constructivism emerges as an epistemological current, concerned with discerning


the problems of the formation of knowledge in human beings. During the last two
decades, the conceptual and methodological approach called “cognitive
constructivism” has had a strong impact on Latin American educational
spaces.According to Piaget, the process of constructing knowledge is an individual
process that takes place in people's minds, which is where their representations of
the world are stored.

In a more simplified way, it can be said that this concept refers to an educational
method where students receive the appropriate tools so that they can shape their
own learning with their use; The aim is to obtain people with better preparation,
capable of facing future obstacles.An idea that comes from the constructivist theory
of knowledge that emerged in the 20th century, which has the idea that reality is
formed through what is recorded by the senses and the empirical information that
they provide; It could be said that it indicates that reality is, in part, a product of the
imagination that each individual has.

Piaget uses three types of constructivism:

a) A cognitive constructivism that has its roots in the psychology and genetic
epistemology of Piaget,

b) A socio-culturally oriented constructivism (social constructivism, socio-


constructivism or co-constructivism) inspired by Vygotskyan ideas and approaches
and

c) Constructivism linked to the social constructionism of Berger and Luckmann


(2001) and to postmodern approaches in psychology that place knowledge in
discursive practices (Edwards, 1997; Potter, 1998).

Based on this, the conceptual dispersion that accompanies constructivism becomes


more evident. Mazarío and Mazarío (2000) will say in this regard that many authors
maintain that constructivism is basically an epistemological approach, as it is based
on the interaction that is established between the object of knowledge and the
subject who learns; that is, the object-subject relationship. While, for others, it is a
new way of conceptualizing knowledge (learning).

Barraza (2002) proposes to consider constructivism as a conception of learning and


teaching, designated by some academics as constructivist pedagogy, which is
formed in its basic theoretical core from four categories of analysis: constructivism,
meaningful learning, schema of knowledge and interactivity. For the construction of
knowledge to be carried out in school, Barraza points out, it is necessary to consider
the interactive triangle made up of the constructive mental activity of the student, the
learning contents that represent the socially constructed cultural knowledge and the
function of the teacher, aimed at linking student learning with culturally established
knowledge.

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