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What is Constructivism

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  • belief in ideas and how they effect the way we perceive the world
  • people act towards things on the basis of the meanings the thing holds for it
  • belief in social construction of reality and importance of social facts
  • focus on ideational/material structures and norms/rules
  • role of identity in shaping FP
  • agency and structure
2
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Brute Facts v. Social Facts

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  • Brute Facts: a concrete fact (e.g. Ayers Rock exists)

- Social Facts: regarded as fact only through human agreement and made observable through human practice (e.g. money)

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What is most important to Constructivism

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  • Ideas
  • Identity
  • Social Facts (how these effect how you perceive the world)
  • Norms (norms becoming entrenched via regular practice)