Constructionism

Last updated Aug 15, 2023

• Source: Sources/Design Justice - Book
• Keywords: Cards/permanent notes
• Relevant Notes:
  • Cards/The goal of education is transformation
  • Cards/Problem-based learning
  • Cards/Teachers are facilitators
  • Cards/Educators are embodied subjects
  • Cards/Praxis
  • Cards/Critical pedagogy
  • Cards/Popular education

• Constructionism is a pedagogical approach that centers context, situated knowledge, and learning by doing.
• It has two central concepts:
  • Learning is a ==reconstruction==
    • Instead of a transmission of knowledge, which is Cards/Banking model of education
  • Learning is most effective when part of an activity the learner experiences as constructing a meaningful product.
    • According to Piaget, learning is ==experiential==: it takes place through an active process where the learner develops the ability to modify or transform an object or idea.”
• Summarized in 2 principles (according to Resnick):
  • “People do not get ideas, they make them”
  • “People construct new knowledge with particular effectiveness when they are engaged in constructing personally meaningful products”

• We must think about others always…(thank you Cards/Design justice)
  • Everything we learn reflects the learnings of our teachers
  • We can better understand the world by building a shared consciousnes

although it is beautiful to think about how nothing is truly done, learnt or built alone, ==we must always consider who and what we are (re)constructing with. ==

If learning is a reconstruction of knowledge, then ==everything we learn reflects the learnings of the people we’re told to listen to== unless we choose to do otherwise.

By seeking out diverse voices and learning together, we can build ==shared consciousness== and better understand the world and the predicaments that plague us.