Constructivism
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Constructivism may refer to:
Philosophy
- Constructivism (philosophy of mathematics), a philosophical view that asserts the necessity of constructing a mathematical object to prove that it exists
- Constructivism (philosophy of science), a philosophical view maintaining that science consists of mental constructs created as the result of measuring the natural world
- Moral constructivism or ethical constructivism, the view that moral facts are constructed rather than discovered
- Social constructivism, the view that human development is socially situated and knowledge is constructed through interaction with others
Art and architecture
- Constructivism (art), an early 20th-century artistic movement that extols art as a practice for social purposes
- Constructivist architecture, an architectural movement in Russia in the 1920s and 1930s
Education
- Constructivism (philosophy of education), a theory about the nature of learning that focuses on how humans make meaning from their experiences
- Constructivism in science education
- Constructivist teaching methods, based on constructivist learning theory
Mathematics and sciences
- Constructivism (international relations), a theory that stresses the socially constructed character of international relations
- Constructivism (mathematics), a logic for founding mathematics that accepts only objects that can be effectively constructed
- Constructivism (psychological school), a psychological approach that assumes that human knowledge is active and constructive
- Constructivist institutionalism
- Constructivist type theory
See also
- Constructionism (disambiguation)
- Constructive theology
- Constructive empiricism
- Deconstructivism
- Neuroconstructivism
- Transactionalism
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