As stated in the introduction, we believe social constructivism can provide crucial direction for preservice education and we see evidence of it in the strong, innovative programs described in this book. But what exactly is meant by this term? As Richardson (1997) notes, constructivist teaching is not “a monolithic, agreed-upon concept” (p. 3). It is often barely understood, or actually misunde...

In this paper I dispute the current view that intuitionistic logic is the common basis for the three main trends of constructivism in the philosophy of mathematics: intuitionism, Russian constructivism and Bishop’s constructivism. The point is that the so-called ‘Markov’s principle’, which is accepted by Russian constructivists and rejected by the other two, is expressible in intuitionistic fir...

Constructivism has recently gained popularity, although it is not a completely new learning paradigm. Much of the work within e-learning, for example, uses constructivism as a reference “discipline” (explicitly or implicitly). However, some of the work done within the simulation gaming (SG) community discusses what the basic assumptions and implications of constructivism for SG are. Constructiv...

In a recent issue of this MONTHLY, Fred Richman [8] discussed existence proofs. Richman’s conclusion, as I understood it, was that once a mathematician sees the distinction between constructive and nonconstructive mathematics, he or she will choose the former. That conclusion, if extrapolated further than Professor Richman intended, suggests that any mathematician can learn constructivism easil...

Constructivism has gained popularity recently, but it is not a completely new learning paradigm. Much of the work within Information Systems Science (IS) and especially within elearning use Constructivism as a reference ‘discipline’ (explicitly or implicitly) but few of the works done within IS discusses thoroughly what are the basic assumptions and implications of Constructivism. As a result, ...

On the odd day, a mathematician might wonder what constructive mathematics is all about. They may have heard arguments in favor of constructivism but are not at all convinced by them, and in any case they may care little about philosophy. A typical introductory text about constructivism spends a great deal of time explaining the principles and contains only trivial mathematics, while advanced c...

Distinct to today's society is rapid change, exemplified in the swift demands that confront professionals and working life. As this ripple challenges educational set up mold competent individuals, changes occur as education paradigm shifts. One such change Constructivism which asserts learning be an active process where learners actively build on their experiences knowledge. Students' perceptio...

1. Introduction In the last ten to fifteen years, constructivism has been central to the discussion of essential themes of modern thinking in many areas-how we know what we know, what we take to be real, what constitutes an individual or a subject, how we arrive at the meaning of a text, etc. Within the context of these discussions , several variants of constructivism have been developed. In th...

This article provides an overview of the history Constructivism and its essential theory practice in Soviet Russia 1920s early 1930s, focusing particularly on various areas design activity, including architecture furniture, graphic photography, sculpture textiles. Consequently, it analyses detail several designs that embody most clearly Constructivist approach. Some these were produced by origi...