Talk:Constructionism (learning theory)

message: David, you've done the community a service by getting this entry going at the beginning.
But in an article this short, I just don't understand why your work should get such prominent billing.   Your work does look very interesting, but it does not seem like it should be on the short-short list of pointers to work in constructionist learning.   
Can you clarify?  If not, I suggest removing the paragraph on media studies, SLA, etc as well as the external link.
Thank you.
Fgmartin 04:14, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  David Gauntlet / Artlab -> WHY? 

message: I've added two categories - Learning and Educational psychology, there may be better/other categories..?
Politepunk 19:08, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Two new categories

message: I've seen one mistaken edit that takes in account Logo being envolved with Mindstorms project.
Actually, the name of the project itself "Lego Mindstorms" enlights this issue.
Shogun Luis 15:28, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The confusion may arise from Seymour Papert's LOGO computer programming language, which applied constructionist principles to children's use of computers.  — OtherDave 04:09, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lego / Logo 

message: we got constructivism (learning theory) isn't it the same thing ?
ok yes it is (they both talk about Jean Piaget as a father) and so we got terminology issue
82.67.41.36 18:36, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Double ? 

message: This article seems to confuse constructionism with constructivism. In my opinion, this article should have a sentence linking to the article on Constructivism and distinguishing Papert's Constructionism from Constructivism in all its various forms  "Constructionism is an outgrowth of, but should be distinguished from, Constructivism"  Then, the numerous references to Constructivism should be removed from this article, to help the reader not confuse the two terms. Other forms of Constructivism that are different from each other and from Constructionism include Piaget/Bruner (Cognitive Constructivism), Vygotsky (Social Constructivism), Ernst Von Glaserfeld (Radical Constructivism).
2605:A601:743:E701:6578:9EDC:3823:E4D2 (talk) 21:48, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's not a double. Constructionism deserves its own space. 

message: The John Dewey page references a learning by doing stub.  Is learning by doing similar to constructivist learning theory?  If so should the stub be merged into this page? Srippon 04:46, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Similar to learning by doing? 

message: Perhaps it should be noted that the word "constructionism" is never used in Mindstorms. While the book does articulate Papert's theory, it does so under the name of constructivism. It is not until later that he coins the term constructionism to describe the theory of instruction which builds on Piaget's constructivism, a theory of learning. I once chided someone for talking about Mindstorms as constructivism. Later, I went back and found that the person was right. Mindstorms does not use the word constructionism, even if it is about it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.108.145.250 (talk) 11:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mindstorms as Constructionism 

message: They seem to be the same topic. 96.246.66.199 (talk) 05:07, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should this be merged with Constructivism (philosophy of education)? 

message: This is a different topic from Constructivism, but the article does not make that clear.
This article seems to confuse constructionism with constructivism. In my opinion, this article should have a sentence linking to the article on Constructivism and distinguishing Papert's Constructionism from Constructivism in all its various forms "Constructionism is an outgrowth of, but should be distinguished from, Constructivism" Then, the numerous references to Constructivism should be removed from this article, to help the reader not confuse the two terms. Other forms of Constructivism that are different from each other and from Constructionism include Piaget/Bruner (Cognitive Constructivism), Vygotsky (Social Constructivism), Ernst Von Glaserfeld (Radical Constructivism). 2605:A601:743:E701:6578:9EDC:3823:E4D2 (talk) 21:52, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  It should not be merged with Constructivism (philosophy of education)