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Art and architecture

* Constructivism (art), an early 20th-century artistic movement that extols art as a practice for social purposes *
Constructivist architecture Constructivist architecture was a constructivist style of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. Abstract and austere, the movement aimed to reflect modern industrial society and urban space, while ...
, an architectural movement in Russia in the 1920s and 1930s


Education

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Constructivism (philosophy of education) 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 Russia in the 1920s ...
, a theory about the nature of learning that focuses on how humans make meaning from their experiences *
Constructivism in science education Constructivism has been considered as a dominant paradigm, or research programme, in the field of science education since the 1980s. The term constructivism is widely used in many fields, and not always with quite the same intention. This entry of ...
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Constructivist teaching methods Constructivist teaching is based on constructivist learning theory. Constructivist teaching is based on the belief that learning occurs as learners are actively involved in a process of meaning and knowledge construction as opposed to passive ...
, based on constructivist learning theory


Mathematics

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Constructivism (philosophy of mathematics) In the philosophy of mathematics, constructivism asserts that it is necessary to find (or "construct") a specific example of a mathematical object in order to prove that an example exists. Contrastingly, in classical mathematics, one can prove th ...
, a logic for founding mathematics that accepts only objects that can be effectively constructed * Constructivist type theory


Philosophy

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Constructivism (philosophy of mathematics) In the philosophy of mathematics, constructivism asserts that it is necessary to find (or "construct") a specific example of a mathematical object in order to prove that an example exists. Contrastingly, in classical mathematics, one can prove th ...
, a philosophical view that asserts the necessity of constructing a mathematical object to prove that it exists * 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 Moral constructivism or ethical constructivism is a view both in meta-ethics and normative ethics. Metaethical constructivism holds that correctness of moral judgments, principles and values is determined by being the result of a suitable const ...
or ethical constructivism, the view that moral facts are constructed rather than discovered


Political and social sciences

* 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 New institutionalism (also referred to as neo-institutionalist theory or institutionalism) is an approach to the study of institutions that focuses on the constraining and enabling effects of formal and informal rules on the behavior of individuals ...
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Social constructivism Social constructivism is a sociological theory of knowledge according to which human development is socially situated and knowledge is constructed through interaction with others. Like social constructionism, social constructivism states th ...
, the view that human development is socially situated and knowledge is constructed through interaction with others


Psychology

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Constructivism (psychological school) In psychology, constructivism refers to many schools of thought that, though extraordinarily different in their techniques (applied in fields such as education and psychotherapy), are all connected by a common critique of previous standard appro ...
, a psychological approach that assumes that human knowledge is active and constructive


See also

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Constructionism (disambiguation) Constructionism may refer to * Constructionism (learning theory), an educational philosophy developed by Seymour Papert * Social constructionism, a theory of how social phenomena or objects of consciousness develop in social contexts * Strict co ...
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Constructive theology Constructive theology is the redefinition of what historically has been known as systematic theology. The reason for this reevaluation stems from the idea that, in systematic theology, the theologian attempts to develop a coherent theory running t ...
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Constructive empiricism In philosophy of science, constructive empiricism is a form of empiricism. While it is sometimes referred to as an empiricist form of structuralism, its main proponent, Bas van Fraassen, has consistently distinguished between the two views. Overvie ...
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Deconstructivism Deconstructivism is a movement of postmodern architecture which appeared in the 1980s. It gives the impression of the fragmentation of the constructed building, commonly characterised by an absence of obvious harmony, continuity, or symmetry. ...
, a movement of postmodern architecture from the 1980s *
Neuroconstructivism Neuroconstructivism is a theory that states that phylogenetic developmental processes such as gene–gene interaction, gene–environment interaction and, crucially, ontogeny all play a vital role in how the brain progressively sculpts itself ...
* Transactionalism {{disambiguation