constructivist
Learner-centered education advocate
Constructivist describes someone who holds or applies constructivism—the view that knowledge, meaning, or reality is actively constructed rather than passively received.
In education, a constructivist approach emphasizes learning through experience and building on prior knowledge: The teacher used constructivist methods, letting students discover principles through hands-on experimentation.
In international relations, constructivists argue that concepts like sovereignty and national interest are socially constructed rather than fixed.
In art, constructivists favored abstract, geometric forms and industrial materials.
Child cognition researcher
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
student-centered · inquiry-based · experiential · hands-on · problem-based
Context-dependent truth doctrine
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
- meaning-makingInterpreting life's events personally
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- viabilityCapacity to succeed
Belief in group dominance
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- nonrepresentationalNot depicting reality
- assemblageCollected group of things
- reliefsRaised surface carvings
photomontage · Bauhaus · kinetic · spatial · material · industrial · proletarian · utilitarian
Joint intellectual work
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- socioculturalOf society and customs
Piaget
Child cognition researcher
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
accommodation · student-centered · inquiry-based · experiential · hands-on · problem-based
relativism
Context-dependent truth doctrine
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
- meaning-makingInterpreting life's events personally
- interpretationAssigned meaning
suprematism
Belief in group dominance
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- nonrepresentationalNot depicting reality
- assemblageCollected group of things
reliefs · photomontage · Bauhaus · kinetic · spatial · material · industrial · proletarian · utilitarian · revolutionary
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- art stylesimpressionism, surrealism, cubism, realism, pop art
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- child-centered educationMontessori, Waldorf, child-centered, preschool, kindergarten
- philosophersAristotle, Plato, Socrates, Kant, Descartes
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- art movementsPop Art, pop art, Impressionism, impressionism, Surrealism
constructivistbehaviorist
Action-focused psychology adherent
didactic · objectivist · teacher-centered · cognitivist · rote learning
constructivistobjectivist
Rational egoism adherent
realist · neorealist · positivist · materialist · essentialist
constructivistfigurative
Representing through imagery
representational · naturalistic · traditional · academic · expressionist