This article reviews the significance of the contributions of Ernst von Glasersfeld to research in science education, especially through his theoretical contributions on radical constructivism. As a field shaper, Glasersfeld’s subversive ideas catalyzed debate in the science education community and fuelled transformation of many facets including research methods, ways of thinking about teaching...

Problem-based Learning (PBL) is an educational approach based on the principles of constructivism, in which students learn by addressing authentic problems reflecting on their experiences. Virtual Worlds (VWs) are a promising educational medium that has the affordances to support constructivist learning and may be used to extend PBL activities in a more experiential way. In this paper we propos...

Doğan Yüksel [email protected] Abstract It is generally accepted that there is not a single school of thought that is called social constructivism, and ideas and assumptions from various disciplines in different fields are being incorporated into the social constructivist understanding. In this paper, a Bakhtinian perspective of social constructivism on education and language learning...

Today's nursing programs are struggling to accommodate the changing needs of the health care environment and need to make changes in how students are taught. Using constructivism theory, whereby learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current or past knowledge, leaders in nursing education can make a paradigm shift toward concept-based cu...