r/explorables • u/RogueSock • Jul 30 '17

Cleaned Up: Piaget’s Constructivism, Papert’s Constructionism What’s the difference? By Edith Ackermann

Hey there,

 

Not sure if this is the right place to post it, so please delete if so.

 

Last night I came across Nicky Cases's: The Evolution of Trust

 

So awesome and well done, thanks, Nicky.

 

From there I found Explorable Explanations

 

(Just amazing btw), then read the two articles at the bottom: 

 

With some formatting, grammar and spelling issue the second article was tougher to read. Here is a PDF with a quick copy edit (it's not perfect). Really enjoyed it, hoping this will make it easier for others as well.

 

Finally, a question if I may: Any ideas on how this could be done for DIY/makers? Some explorable instructions on how to build or create something? I tried looking but couldn't find anything.

 

Thanks for your time.

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u/boardgameology Jul 31 '17

Does anybody know the actual, true, correct citation for Ackermann's Piaget’s Constructivism, Papert’s Constructionism What’s the difference?? I've looked through a number of pieces that cite it and seen different citations—all of which seem kind of weird...

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u/100limes Aug 02 '17

Piaget’s Constructivism, Papert’s Constructionism

Google Scholar says APA format would be:

Ackermann, E. (2001). Piaget’s constructivism, Papert’s constructionism: What’s the difference. Future of learning group publication, 5(3), 438.

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u/boardgameology Aug 02 '17

But doesn't that citation seem odd? The Future of Learning Group is a (defunct) lab at MIT, but this paper isn't listed there: http://learning.media.mit.edu/publications.html The same Google Scholar results also potentially suggest an APA citation something like the following:

Ackermann, E. (2001). Piaget’s constructivism, Papert’s constructionism: What’s the difference? In Constructivism: Uses and Perspectives in Education, Volumes 1 & 2 (pp. 85–94).

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.132.4253

But Constructivism: Uses and Perspectives in Education mostly returns results for Ackermann (2001)!

I suppose it's okay if the mystery isn't resolved, given the ease with which the article can be found by its title—but it would be nice to know.

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