Hello,
I came across the distinction in Ernest, P. (1995). The one and the
many. In Steffe, L. & Gale, J. (Eds). Constructivism in education.
New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates:
459-486
Social constructivism puts emphasis on the essential and constitutive
nature of language and social interaction. Social constructivism
regards individual subjects and the realm of the social as
interconnected.
Social constructionism resembles social constructivism but
prioritizes the social above the individual.
Huong
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From: willow_brown@hotmail.com
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: constructivist/ constructionist distinction
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 10:20:56 -0800
><html><div style='background-color:'><DIV><FONT face="Geneva, Arial,
>Sans-serif">I have been grappling with distinctions between social
>constructivism and social constructionism. Previously, I determined
>that constructionism was the ontology underlying constructivist
>epistemology. Having just reread Prawat and Peterson's "Social
>Constructivist Views of Learning" in the Handbook of Research on
>Educatational Administration, I feel my distinction
>is confirmed, though not explicitly. In this article, it seems
>that an individual person's knowledge construction is
>"constructivist", while the creation of culture through interpersonal
>interaction is "constructionist". Would
>neo-Vygotskian scholarsmore experienced than myself agree
>with this interpretation? Thanks for your help. Willow Brown,
>University of Saskatchewan, Canada. </FONT></DIV></div><br
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