constructionism

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social constructionism
Sosyal yapılandırmacılık
social constructionism
sosyal inşacılık
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The idea that people learn about, or perceive the world by constructing mental models
A strict interpretation of the actual words and phrases used in law, rather to any underlying intent
– An approach to teaching and learning that involves building meaning and understanding through experience
An educational philosophy emphasizing that learning is a process of active knowledge construction and not of passive knowledge absorption Stresses the connection between understanding and experience, particularly with respect to creating and experimenting with objects to learn about abstract concepts
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social constructionism
Social constructionism and social constructivism are sociological theories of knowledge that consider how social phenomena or objects of consciousness develop in social contexts. Within constructionist thought, a social construction (social construct) is a concept or practice that is the construct (or artifact) of a particular group. When we say that something is socially constructed, we are focusing on its dependence on contingent variables of our social selves rather than any inherent quality that it possesses in itself. Thus our notion of a "cousin," what this terms includes and doesn't include and what it means to us does not exist "out there" in the world, but only in and through the social instutitions that give it meaning within a culture. The underlying assumptions on which social constructivism is typically seen to be based are reality, knowledge, and learning
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