Re: [IAEP] Concise explanation of Constructionism from the Learning Team

2008-08-16 Thread Bill Kerr
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 4:15 AM, Seth Woodworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Inspired by Sameer's recent conversations with a pair of Montessori Kindergarden teachers. I went to talk to Cynthia Solomon of the OLPC Learning team. We got to talking about the theory of Activities and a few other

Re: [IAEP] Concise explanation of Constructionism from the Learning Team

2008-08-15 Thread Kevin Cole
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Seth Woodworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Inspired by Sameer's recent conversations with a pair of Montessori Kindergarden teachers. I went to talk to Cynthia Solomon of the OLPC Learning team. We got to talking about the theory of Activities and a few other

Re: [IAEP] Concise explanation of Constructionism from the Learning Team

2008-08-15 Thread Albert Cahalan
Seth Woodworth writes: [Future of Learning Group] We are developing Constructionism as a theory of learning and education. Constructionism is based on two different senses of construction. It is grounded in the idea that people learn by actively constructing new knowledge, rather than having