an educational theory holding that children learn most effectively when actively doing, or constructing, things, rather than being taught information in a traditional schooling method
2. sociology
the theory that beliefs are constructed socially or culturally
Examples of 'constructionism' in a sentence
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The meetings were audio-taped, and the speeches analyzed according to social constructionism.
Laura Vilela e Souza, Murilo dos Santos Moscheta, Fabio Scorsolini-Comin 2019, 'Public Conversations Group as Resource Against LGBT Violence', Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-863X2019000100501&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Sources for interpretation include several sociological and pedagogical approaches based upon social constructionism.
Ingela Bergmo-Prvulovic 2012, 'Subordinating careers to market forces? A critical analysis of European career guidancepolicy', European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adultshttp://dx.doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela0072. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
He tests this hypothesis through a confrontation between realism and constructionism.
Pierre Leveau 2011, 'Restauration et traduction : une question de philosophie', CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Arthttp://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/2088. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For this purpose, the culture theory and the social constructionism approach formed the theoretical-methodologicalbasis.
Mozar José de Brito, Sabrina Soares da Silva, Mayara Maria de Jessus Muniz 2010, 'The Meanings of the Death of the Founder: The Constructionist Approach', BAR: Brazilian Administration Reviewhttp://www.anpad.org.br/periodicos/arq_pdf/a_1052.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Social constructivism and constructionism add new dimensions to this learning framework, both fundamentally important for developing computing practices.
Don Passey, Valentina Dagienė, Loice Victorine Atieno, Wilfried Baumann 2018, 'Computational Practices, Educational Theories, and Learning Development', Problemoshttp://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/12346. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Qualitative analysis of interviews with professionals discerned two main categories of opinion: ecological realism and social constructionism.
Stachová Jana 2018, 'Forests in the Czech Public Discourse', Journal of Landscape Ecologyhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jlecol.2018.11.issue-3/jlecol-2018-0011/jlecol-2018-0011.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The social constructionism approach was used as theoretical and methodological reference and was used to data analysis.
Laura Vilela e Souza, Manoel Antonio dos Santos 2010, 'A participação da família no tratamento dos transtornos alimentares La participaciónde la familia en el tratamiento de los trastornos alimentarios Family participationin the treatment of eating disorders', Psicologia em Estudohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-73722010000200007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This chapter explains major theories of emotion drawn from positive psychology, social psychology, social constructivism, social constructionism, and existential psychotherapy.
Rebecca L. Oxford 2015, 'Emotion as the amplifier and the primary motive: Some theories of emotion with relevanceto language learning', Studies in Second Language Learning and Teachinghttp://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/3869. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)