Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Constructivism.

Is constructivism a theory or a religion? Why?

Well, I looked at several definitions of religion from multiple online and paperback sources and none seemed to allow constructivism to be labeled as a religion. All definitions of religion referred to some "god" or to spirituality. So that doesn't seem right. Constructivism could easily be considered a theory. It is a theory about learning and has been studied and written about for years. Piaget is attributed much of the credit of this theory. Since a theory is something we can study and then use to predict outcomes, then constructivism is definitely a theory. It says that we learn from our experiences and that learning is a social activity. Whether or not I totally agree that all learning is social, it is easily seen that some learning appears to be social.

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