The Many Forms of Constructivism

• George Bodner ^[1] ; Michael Klobuchar ^[1] ; David Geelan ^[2]
  1. [1] Purdue University

     Purdue University

     Township of Wabash, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Curtin University

     Curtin University

     Australia

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 78, Nº 8, 2001, pág. 1107
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ever since we wrote a paper () on the constructivist theory of knowledge for the Journal, fifteen years ago, chemists and chemical educators have asked: Do you really believe in the constructivist theory? The answer is: Yes. As we talk to colleagues we have become convinced that the source of their concern about this theory is the version to which they have been exposed. As we note in this paper, even critics of this theory argue "that there is a very broad and loose sense in which all of us these days are constructivists ..." This paper outlines the different forms of the constructivist theory and describes a version proposed by the clinical psychologist, George Kelly, that avoids some of the controversial elements of the radical constructivist theory developed as an extension of the work of Jean Piaget.