People learn best by actively constructing their own understanding. The fundamental beliefs underlying this new paradigm for learning have been generally summarized as follows: 

• All knowledge is constructed through a process of reflective abstraction.

• Cognitive structures within the learner facilitate the process of learning.

• The cognitive structures in individuals are in a process of constant development.

• If the notion of constructivist learning is accepted, then the methods of learning and pedagogy must agree.

Links to Constructivism:

21st Century Learning Initiative

"An Interpretation Construction Approach to Constructivist Design", by John B. Black and Robert O. McClintock, Teachers College, Columbia University

Constructivism, Technology, and the Future of Classroom Learning, Erik F. Strommen, Children's Television Workshop Bruce Lincoln, Bank Street College of Education (Correspondence should be sent to: Erik Strommen, Director of Research for Interactive Technologies, Children's Television Workshop, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023.)

Classroom Compass - Constructing Knowledge in the Classroom, a SEDL web page

On Constructivism

What is Constructivism?

Constructivism Bibliography

Funderstanding

Notable Theorists of Constructivism:

 Lev Semenovich Vygotsky - Social Constructivism

 Jean Piaget - Cognitive Constructivism

 Jerome Bruner

 John Dewey