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  1. Constructivism
    [psychological school] In psychology, constructivism concerns the world of constructivist psychologies. Many schools of psychotherapy self-define themselves as “constructivist”. Although extraordinarily different in their therapeutic techniques, they are all connected by a common critiqu...
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  2. Constructivism
    [international relations] In the discipline of international relations, constructivism is the claim that significant aspects of international relations are historically and socially contingent, rather than inevitable consequences of human nature or other essential characteristics of world po...
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  3. Constructivism
    [n] - an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I
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  4. constructivism
    Abstract art movement that originated in Russia in about 1914 and subsequently had great influence on Western art. Constructivism usually involves industrial materials such as glass, steel, and...
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  5. Constructivism
    Particularly austere branch of abstract art founded by Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko in Russia around 1915. The constructivists believed art should directly reflect the modern industrial world. Tatlin was crucially influenced by Picasso's Cubist constructions (Construction 1914) which he s...
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  6. constructivism
    noun an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects
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  7. constructivism
    (from the article `mathematics, foundations of`) The logicist program might conceivably be saved by a 20th-century construction usually ascribed to Church, though he had been anticipated by the ...
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  8. constructivism
    (from the article `international relations`) In the late 20th century the study of international relations was increasingly influenced by constructivism. According to this approach, the ...
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  9. Constructivism
    Russian artistic and architectural movement that was first influenced by Cubism and Futurism and is generally considered to have been initiated in ... [15 related articles]
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  1. Constructivism
    [art] Constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1919, which was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art. The movement was in favour of art as a practice for social purposes. Constructivism had a great effect on modern art movements o...
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  2. Constructivism
    [learning theory] Constructivism is the theory that humans generate knowledge and meaning from an interaction between their experiences and their ideas. The Constructivist (e.g. Dewey ; Montessori; Kolb ) learning process is experiential learning through real life experience to construct and...
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  3. Constructivism
    A set of assumptions about the nature of human learning that guide constructivist learning theories and teaching methods. Constructivism values developmentally appropriate, teacher-supported learning that is initiated and directed by the student.
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  4. Constructivism
    [mathematics] In the philosophy of mathematics, constructivism asserts that it is necessary to find (or "construct") a mathematical object to prove that it exists. When one assumes that an object does not exist and derives a contradiction from that assumption, one still has not found the obj...
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  5. Constructivism
    The theory that new knowledge is an active product of the learner integrating new information and perceptions with prior knowledge. It is based on the work of John Dewey, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotsky, and complementary with interactionism. Educational philosophies based on constructivist ideas stan...
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  6. Constructivism
    Theory suggesting that students learn by constructing their own knowledge, especially through hands-on exploration. It emphasizes that the context in which an idea is presented, as well as student attitude and behavior, affects learning. Students learn by incorporating new information into what they...
    Found op http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/misc/glossary.htm

  7. constructivism
    Abstract art movement that originated in Russia in about 1914 and subsequently had great influence on Western art. Constructivism usually involves industrial materials such as glass, steel, and plastic in clearly defined arrangements, but the term is difficult to define precisely, as the meaning att...
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  8. Constructivism
    A Russian abstract movement founded by Tatlin, Gabo, and Antoine Pevsner, c. 1915. It focused on art for the industrial age. Tatlin believed in art with a utilitarian purpose.
    Found op http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/painting/paint-movem/paintmove.htm

  9. Constructivism
    A set of assumptions about the nature of human learning that guide constructivist learning theories and teaching methods. Constructivism values developmentally appropriate, teacher-supported learning that is initiated and directed by the student.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_education_terms

  10. constructivism
    1) Art movement 2) Artistic movement
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