Constructionism

Learning through design. What we see in the world.

Constructionism shares characteristics of constructivism such as "building knowledge structures" but this happens best in a context where the learner is consciously engaged in creating an artifact. (Papert and Harel, 1991) An example: educators would engage learners in building software, not just using it to learn.

According to Kafai (2006) constructionism is a theory of learning and teaching.

Constructionism is a learning theory which states that learners understand the world by constructing mental models of the world's devices. The learners can then decompose and construct the models as they gain more information and experience.