Constructivism “Knowledge is constructed in the mind of the learner.”-(Bodner et al., 2001) What is Constructivism? Constructivism is an approach to education that has long been embraced by such infamous thinkers as Frobel, Freud, Erikson and its greatest contributors, Jean Piaget and John Dewey. (DeVries et al., 2002) It has been studied, implemented and found to be successful by educators for many years and has shown its staying power by the many schools and learning …showed first 75 words of 2363 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2363 total…that allows for different learning styles and hands-on learning that developed from a very conforming classroom that would force a left handed child to write with his right. We make learning so much more fun for a child, which is what it should be. Children will soon be educated using constructivist philosophy only, (hopefully) and perhaps in future generations, we will see a change in the type of adults that were raised in constructivist schools.