Constructionism (in the context of learning) is the idea that people learn effectively through making things. Constructionism is connected with experiential learning and builds on some of the ideas of Jean Piaget. Experiential education is the process of actively engaging students in an authentic experience that will have benefits and consequences. ... Jean Piaget (August 9, 1896 – September 16, 1980) was a Swiss developmental psychologist. ...

As Papert and Harel say at the start of Situating Constructionism, "It is easy enough to formulate simple catchy versions of the idea of constructionism; for example, thinking of it as 'learning-by-making'. One purpose of this introductory chapter is to orient the reader toward using the diversity in the volume to elaborate--to construct--a sense of constructionism much richer and more multifaceted, and very much deeper in its implications, than could be conveyed by any such formula."

External links

• Situating Constructionism by Seymour Papert and Idit Harel, the first chapter from the book Constructionism (1991).
• Constructionism vs Instructionism - speech delivered by Papert to a conference of educators in Japan, in the 1980s
• Seymour Papert's website - with several articles and resources