Differences between constructivism and social constructivism by Natasha Curzi-Micallef https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn en-us 2020-11-23 12:57:49 UTC 2025-10-27 15:38:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Social https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462035385 Social involves learning from each other, peers.

]]> 2023-01-30 20:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462035385 Constructivism https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462035881 defined as “the idea that development of understanding requires the learner to actively engage in meaning –making”.]]> 2023-01-30 20:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462035881 Constructivism is focused primarily on building on experience and social constructivism is based on social interactions and learning from others https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462036411 2023-01-30 20:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462036411 In Social Constructivism learning is influenced by social development https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462036495 2023-01-30 20:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462036495 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462036500 Constructive would involve a group learning about a subject together, whereas a social would be people learning from someone or from multiple people in the group. ]]> 2023-01-30 20:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462036500 Constructivism https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462036898 Student directed ]]> 2023-01-30 20:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462036898 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462037694 Constructivism: Emphasis is on individual experiences.

Social Constructivism: Emphasis is on social interactions and culture.

]]> 2023-01-30 20:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462037694 Social Constructivism https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462037720 More student led than teacher led. ]]> 2023-01-30 20:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462037720 Difference between the theories https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462037841 Constructivism: describes how humans learn and acquire knowledge.

Social Constructivism: highlights the significance of social interactions and the role of culture in creating knowledge.

]]> 2023-01-30 20:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462037841 The key difference between the two theories stems from the emphasis that each theory lays on experiences and social interactions. In constructivism, the emphasis is on personal experiences in constructing knowledge, but in social constructivism the emphasis is on social interactions and culture. https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462037917 2023-01-30 20:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462037917 Constructivism https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462037978 Constructivism focuses on reflecting our own learning. 
Social constructivism has much more of an emphasis on using our peers as resources to develop answers.]]> 2023-01-30 20:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462037978 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462038134 Constructivism: Piaget is considered the founder of Constructivism.

Social Constructivism: Vygotsky is considered the key figure in Social constructivism.

]]> 2023-01-30 20:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462038134 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462038155 Constructivism = Learners build on their prior knowledge and invent their own ideas/concepts

Social constructivism = Learners gain knowledge from social interaction

]]> 2023-01-30 20:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462038155 Constructivists focus on what’s happening within the minds or brains of individuals; social constructionists focus on what’s happening between people as they join together to create realities https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462038865 2023-01-30 20:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462038865 Both constructivism and social constructivism require students to take some ownership of their learning https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039008 2023-01-30 20:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039008 Theorists behind the theories https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039022 Constructivism- Piaget 
Social constructivism- Vygotsky ]]> 2023-01-30 20:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039022 They both rely on students taking responsibility for their own learning and using this to motivate them https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039159 2023-01-30 20:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039159 The difference between social learning theory and constructivism is based on the way of learning social learning theory states that the behavior of a person can be learned by the process of observation whereas constructivism believes that the knowledge a person acquires is either constructed by spending time with itself or by spending time with others. https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039354 2023-01-30 20:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039354 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039447 Social would require prior knowledge in a specific subject to take part.

]]> 2023-01-30 20:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039447 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039599 Constructivism requires scaffolding from the teacher whereas the focus of social constructivism shifts away from the teacher to the learners

]]> 2023-01-30 20:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039599 Benefits to constructivism: It's active. It promotes student agency. It develops advanced skills such as critical thinking, analysis, evaluation, and creation. It promotes diverse viewpoints. It encourages students to reflect, evaluate their work, and identify intermediary skills to acquire based on their needs. https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039647 2023-01-30 20:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039647 Social constructivism https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039773 Lev Vygotsky's theory on a child's social development that can be positive or negatively affected ]]> 2023-01-30 20:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462039773 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462040556 Social-active participants in the creation of their own knowledge ]]> 2023-01-30 20:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462040556 Constructivism: Constructivism is a learning theory that describes how humans learn and acquire knowledge.Social Constructivism: Social constructivism is a learning theory that highlights the significance of social interactions and the role of culture in creating knowledge. https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462040585 2023-01-30 20:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462040585 Constructivism https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462040774 This theory believes that learners are active participants in their learning, knowledge is constructed based on experiences.]]> 2023-01-30 20:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462040774 Constructivism https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462040956 This style of learning develops from the process of how learners can benefit from a positive social/learning environment. This can result in both a negative or positive reflection based on there own personal environment and their relationship with it.]]> 2023-01-30 20:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462040956 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462041764 Constructivism requires that learning is scaffolded. With new concepts being introduced by the teacher based on prior assessment of the learner.]]> 2023-01-30 20:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462041764 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462041944 "Although both constructivism and social constructionism endorse a subjective view of knowledge, the former emphasizes individuals’ biological and cognitive processes, whereas the latter places knowledge in the domain of social interchange." (p. 13)

Guterman (2006)

]]> 2023-01-30 20:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462041944 The area which is concerned by social learning theory is the observe skills and the behaviours which are measured to know how the knowledge is acquired whereas constructivism is concerned about the fact of knowledge and how is it getting gained by a learner or constructed. https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462042532 2023-01-30 20:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462042532 Social https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462043158 Social rather than an individual focus.]]> 2023-01-30 20:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462043158 Social - Emphasis on social interactions and cultures. https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462043518 Constructivism - Emphasis on personal experiences]]> 2023-01-30 20:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462043518 Focus of learning https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044051 Constructivism- focus is on learners to construct knowledge
Social constructivism- focus is on how knowledge is constructed through social interactions and culture.]]> 2023-01-30 20:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044051 Cognitive constructivism states knowledge is something that is actively constructed by learners based on their existing cognitive structures. According to social constructivism learning is a collaborative process, and knowledge develops from individuals’ interactions with their culture and society. https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044283 2023-01-30 20:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044283 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044359 In constructivism, the emphasis is on personal experiences in constructing knowledge, but in social constructivism the emphasis is on social interactions and culture.]]> 2023-01-30 20:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044359 Social Constructivism https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044492 The belief that learning occurs through social interaction and with the help of others. Understanding is shaped through social interaction. ]]> 2023-01-30 20:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044492 Constructivism https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044813 Constructivism emphasizes that learning is an active process in which the human being functions as a constructor of knowledge.]]> 2023-01-30 20:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044813 Social Constructionism ExamplesLanguage is a social construction: That language and meaning are not inherent in things but rather emerge from social interaction, and the meaning of words can be changed over time.The notion that reality is socially constructed by those who interact with it.That gender roles are socially constructed ( gender is a social construct)The idea that social structures are created by society. https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044834 2023-01-30 20:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462044834 https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462045654 Constructivists focus on what’s happening within the minds or brains of individuals; social constructionists focus on what’s happening between people as they join together to create realities]]> 2023-01-30 20:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ncurzimicallef/n3i8vo0g91y0swzn/wish/2462045654