Implications of Constructivist and Socio-Constructivist Theories in the Early Education

Ph.D. Student Neculai Eusebiu Munteanu ()
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Ph.D. Student Neculai Eusebiu Munteanu: Ph.D. Student at Al. I Cuza University Iasi and preschool teacher of GPP 21 Iasi, Romania

Conferinta Stiintifica Internationala Logos Universalitate Mentalitate Educatie Noutate - Lumen International Scientific Conference Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty, 2011, vol. 1, 117

Abstract: Constructivist and socio-constructivist theories have as epistemological foundation the idea of building knowledge. Knowledge construction is carried out either being based on the internal processes of individual development or on social and cultural interactions. Each of the two approaches generates a certain relation between development and learning. In the early education, there is already a consensus within the scientific and professional community that learning precedes development. Thus, the educational practices used in kindergarten should reflect prevailingly the socio-constructivist vision on education.

Keywords: cognitive constructivism; socio-cultural constructivism; learning; development; early childhood education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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