Constructivism is a major intellectual influence on the development of modern learning technology. This paper first reviews the main tenets of the constructivist approach. The application of constructivism to the Information and Computing Sciences (ICS) is then critically discussed. It is argued that constructivism provides a set of ideas that should have a deeper and more widespread impact on ...

Constuctivism learning theory lays emphasis on the learners' active learning, such as learning initiative, sociality and context. By analyzing the relationship between constructivism learning theory and learner autonomy, this paper explores how to cultivate learners' learner autonomy under the guidance of constructivism learning theory. Keywords—Constructivism learning theory, learner autonomy,...

A Reconciliation for Constructivism? As a labelled constructivist, I turned with pleasure to Sismondo's paper, 1 expecting it to instruct me in what I was labelled for, and hoping to learn something about constructivism's variants and wrinkles. I was not disappointed. The field badly needed a first review and Sismondo's is a good one; it is informative about various brands of constructivism, an...

Constructivism has become the overarching scientific paradigm in the social study of science and technology (STS). The notion that scientific facts and technological artefacts result from processes of social construction is the major scientific innovation of the preceding decades in the sociology of science and technology. With constructivism being the established paradigm in this field of rese...

In one of Krylov’s fables, a small dog Moska barks at the elephant who pays no attention whatsoever to Moska. This image comes to my mind when I think of constructive mathematics versus “classical” (that is mainstream) mathematics. In this article, we put a few words into the elephant’s mouth. The idea to write such an article came to me in the summer of 1995 when I came across a fascinating 19...

This paper explain how to apply Constructivism and Conversation theories in Blended Learning environment in order to increase learning outcomes and quality. Some scenarios of Constructivism based blended learning activities are presented in this paper. In addition, a Constructivism Based Blended Learning model for “ICT Management” course, a compulsory course in Master of Management Information ...

Instructional designers are expected to be familiar with the epistemological underpinnings of several theories and their consequences on the process of instruction. Constructivism is the dominant theory of the last decade and supports construction of knowledge by the individual. This paper discusses the basic principles underlying constructivism, particularly active, collaborative and authentic...

Education has long been driven by its metaphors for teaching and learning. These metaphors have influenced both educational research and educational practice. Complexity and constructivism are two theories that provide functional and robust metaphors. Complexity provides a metaphor for the structure of myriad phenomena, while constructivism provides a metaphor for learning. In the synthesis of ...