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Humans are seen as creating meaning from their own

interpretations of experiences and phenomena. It’s important to
remember is that “the learner brings past experiences and

cultural factors to a current situation, and each person has a
different interpretation and construction of the knowledge

process” (Reis, 2014).

Notable constructivists are Jean Piaget (1896-1980) and Lev

Vygotsky (1896-1934). Vygotsky believed that social
interaction is paramount in cognitive development. Piaget Figure 12 Jean Piaget
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previous knowledge, “whereby existing schemes are changed

to include new input which is not immediately in accordance with existing schemes”
(Illeris, 2018, p. 87)

Video
In this video, Professor Caleb Gallemore tells us about

Constructivism and why it's like Neo in The Matrix.

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