Re: Constructivist philosophy (was electric charge)

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

Hi all-

        Given a sufficiently broad definition of "experience", it seems to
me that this paragraph has absolutely no content.
                                Regards,
                                        Jack

On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, John Clement wrote:

> I would call Bob Sciamanda's essay a very good explanation of basic
> constructivist philosophy.  When applied to education it recognizes that
> students construct their versions of reality based up on experience and what
> they learn in class.  Along with this idea is the basic recognition that
> concepts are constructed rather than being communicated.  One can attempt to
> communicate them, but what the student actually does is use the teacher's
> messages as part (often a very small part) of the information used to
> construct the ideas.


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