Volume 10 · Number 3 ·
Pages 281–284
Re-Situating Constructionism
Chronis Kynigos & Gerald Futschek
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Abstract
Upshot: Constructionism is an epistemology, a theory of design and a theory of learning. It addresses constructivist learning in individual and social environments where bricolage with digital expressive media plays an important role. This editorial situates constructionism within constructivist discourse, and discusses the potential for constructionism to play an identifiable and important role in a wider educational discourse and theory networking. In this framework, it provides a short synthetic review of the eight papers addressing constructionism from a diversity of perspectives.
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Kynigos C. & Futschek G. (2015) Re-situating constructionism. Constructivist Foundations 10(3): 281–284. http://constructivist.info/10/3/281
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