CONSTRUCTIVISM AND ITS CRITICS
REVIEW OF THE PERSPECTIVE AND CONCEPT OF CONSTRUCTIVISM
RESNICK (1996)
Vygotsky ignores the role of the individual and it is not clear how the external world connects with the internal mind
Cobb,
(1996)
Vygotsky's theory fails to address how the external world connects to the internal mind.
Resnick (1996)
He emphasizes the role
of the social and the collective, but ignores the role of the individual
LAVE AND WENGER (1991)
They propose the process of internalization, seen as individualistic and
They disapprove of the concepts of learning given by Vygotsky.
COLE AND WERTSCG (2004)
They claim that the standard view of Vygotsky's theory is a simplified stereotype of man's original works.
CRITICS OF CONSTRUCTIVISM
BIGGS, JIN AND CORTAZZI (1998)
They mention that constructivism does not always guarantee learning.
PHILIPS (1995)
Constructivism has sects that seek absolute truth.
The ugly face of constructivism is its quasi-religious or ideological aspect.
FOX (2001)
Constructivism rules out memorization and mechanical learning methods.
CONSTRUCTIVISM'S VIEWS
CONSTRUCTIVISM
Vigotsky: social constructivism (the learning environment)
Piaget: cognitive constructivism (individual and student-centered)
Mayer (1996)
He criticized constructivism for reducing the mind-body analogy.
Constructivism emerges as the main metaphor for human learning
VIGOTSKY POSTULATES
The language
Gainings
Sensation and perception is what differentiate man from animals.
Its research object is the unit of speech.
3 relevant elements of the school
The teacher
The student
The context
The role of the community in the individual.
The environment and its understanding is given from the language and its meaning.
The connection between collective and individual consciousness exists through collective subjectivity.
Consciousness consists of generating connection between the object and the concept.
Comprehension focuses on the use of language or the meaning of words.
CARTESIAN DUALISM, COMMON BASE OF CONSTRUCTIVISM AND ITS CRITICS.
KUHN rejects the distinction between the intellectual and the social.
Poses consciousness as a rational thought
Constructivist theorists only postulate dualistic paradigms from being and context.
Constructivism and behaviorism present idealistic theoretical emphases within the same paradigm of dualism.
