What is Social Constructionism?

This video lecture discusses the meaning of social constructinism. Social constructionism was popularized Seymour Papert, a world-renowned mathematician, learning theorist, and educational-technology visionary.

Please note that this video lecture is different from the video lecture titled "What is Constructionism".

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[laraibdin]

this is a brilliant video- extremely handy, informative, detailed and precise

[toddmcdaniels]

Most Linguists favor a cognitive approach to language. Very few would say that language is a social construction.

[dburgessnotburger]

Social construction disproves itself it seems. Cool video

[JhainezEmutan]

I can't understand could y'all guys help?

[herbwiseman]

Social constructivism is a reified theory.

[fishintheocean-ig]

social constructionism disavows knowledge and claims everything to be a social construct. So social constructionism is saying the truth is there is no truth, that we're all a holographic mind interpreting a holographic universe? So social constructionism is just the new word for OG "old French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre" postmodernism? Why not just say postmodernism instead of creating new words for the same thing? We're here to learn real things, not invented words.

[ColdperpetratorLv]

The older I get the more I see how stupid these theories are

[hi-fye]

good video, but that AI voice.... ugh

[warrenrandall]

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1 - In science - "there is no over-arching truth that is more legitimate than any other" - counterargument to this is how Einstein's equations of motion better describe particle motion near the speed of light than Newton's equations.
2 - Language constrains what we can know - Quantum Theory certainly is counter-intuitive but the language of Maths comes to the rescue.
3 - Shared knowledge breaks down in the scientific community if an experiment is conducted which counters perceived knowledge and new theories emerge. Therefore not unchangeable.

Do you sociologists really get funded for this nonsense you peddle?