The Nature of Constructionist Learning

MAS.965 (H) Special Topics in Media Technology
Spring 2002, Tuesdays 7:00-9:00pm, E15-054 (MIT Media Lab)

Bakhtiar Mikhak (mikhak@media.mit.edu)

This course examines the philosophical and theoretical foundations of constructionism as a paradigm for formulating and evaluating new theories for learning and approaches to education.

One of the goals of this course is to help new learning researchers situate their work within the constructionist framework through
readings and projects that will focus on questions about the rich interplay between the process of knowledge construction and the development and co-evolution of ideas, learners, tools, and contexts.

For the first half of the term, we will focus on theoretical foundations. In the second half of the term, we not only will continue to build on
this foundation but also will apply it to evaluating the projects
in which the class participants are involved or interested.