It has been argued that positivist and constructivist ontologies are irreconcilable. According to LINCOLN and GUBA (2000), positivism’s "naive realism" holds that reality is both "real" and "apprehendable," whereas constructivism maintains that meaning is generated by individuals and groups. This analysis implies that the quantitative and qualitative methodologies associated with positivism and...

This paper develops a unique exposition about the relationship between facts and principles in political constructivism. It claims that facts form part of the ground for affirming principles insofar as reasons relating facts to the public sphere help generate criteria for assessing principles. One key element of political constructivism is that it focuses on specific political subjects. By offe...

Radical Constructivism has been defined as an ‘unconventional approach to the problem of knowledge and knowing’. Its unconventionality is summarised by its claim that it is impossible to attribute unique meaning to experience-as no mind-independent yardstick can be assumed to exist against which to identify uniqueness, and hence to produce knowledge and knowing. In other words, it is claimed th...

In this survey of the history of constructivism, more space has been devoted to early developments (up till ca 1965) than to the work of the last few decades. Not only because most of the concepts and general insights have emerged before 1965, but also for practical reasons: much of the recent work is of a too technical and complicated nature to be described adequately within the limits of this...

background and aim: grounded theory has taken some different theoretical perspectives since its creation in 1967 by barney glaser. considering that applying grounded theory partly depends on an awareness of its philosophical perspectives, gaining knowledge about these various perspectives is required for health care professionals who are interested in studying the social processes. this review ...

 Teaching object-oriented programming in introductory computer courses is still an area not well understood by instructors and teachers. A new approach, quite different from the one used to teach the procedural paradigm, is required. We have developed and used for several years a teaching approach that is greatly influenced by constructivism, which stresses the importance of prior knowledge on...

In recent years, constructivism has emerged as the dominant paradigm in education and made a major intellectual impact on pedagogical development Indonesia, rooted Piaget’s cognitive development, Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory. Applying classroom is basically from psychological theory which knowledge not transferred teachers to students but constructed students’ minds. this case, focus of does...