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Constructivism, as perspective in education, is based on experiential learning through real life experience to construct and conditionalise knowledge. It is problem-based, adaptive learning that challenges faulty schema,<\/p>\n

\"John

John Dewey (1859-1952)<\/p><\/div>\n

integrates new knowledge with existing knowledge, and allows for creation of original work or innovative procedures. The types of learners are self-directed, creative, innovative, drawing upon visual\/spatial, musical\/rhythmic, bodily kinaesthetic, verbal\/linguistic, logical\/mathematical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic intelligences.<\/p>\n

\"David

David Koilb<\/p><\/div>\n

The purpose in education is to become creative and innovative through analysis, conceptualizations, and synthesis of prior experience to create new knowledge. The educator\u2019s role is to mentor the learner during heuristic problem solving of ill-defined problems by enabling quested learning. The learning goal is the highest\u00a0order of learning: heuristic problem solving, metacognitive knowledge, creativity, and originality that may modify existing knowledge and allow for creation of new knowledge. Exemplars of constructivist perspective may be found in the works of John Dewey (1929 & 1933\/1998), Maria Montessori, (1946)\u00a0and David Kolb (1975, \u00a01976 & 1984) (Kolb & Fry. 1975) (Lombardi, 2011).<\/p>\n

\"Maria

Maria Montessori (1870\u20131952)<\/p><\/div>\n

Constructivism influences Instructional theory by encouraging discovery learning, hands-on learning, experiential learning, collaborative learning, project-based learning, and task-based learning. Constructivist epistemology, as a branch of the philosophy of science, offers an explanation of how human beings construct knowledge from information generated by previous experiences (heuristic knowledge). It has roots in cognitive psychology and biology and is an approach to education that lays emphasis on the ways knowledge is created while exploring the world.(Glaserfeld, 1989)<\/p>\n

source:http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constructivism_(philosophy_of_education)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/sup>Constructivists<\/span><\/p>\n