Constructivism Explained

Constructivism may refer to:

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 the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s

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

Constructivism (philosophy of mathematics), a logic for founding mathematics that accepts only objects that can be effectively constructed
Constructivist set theory
Constructivist type theory

Constructivism (philosophy of mathematics), a philosophical view that asserts the necessity of constructing a mathematical object to prove that it exists
Constructivism (philosophy of education), a theory that suggests that learners do not passively acquire knowledge through direct instruction; instead, they construct their understanding through experiences and social interaction, integrating new information with their existing knowledge
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

Constructivism (international relations), a theory that stresses the socially constructed character of international relations
Constructivism (ethnic politics), a theory that ethnic identities are not unchanging entities and that political developments can shape which identities get activated
Constructivist institutionalism
Social constructivism, the view that human development is socially situated and knowledge is constructed through interaction with others

Constructivism (psychological school), a psychological approach that assumes that human knowledge is active and constructive