February 2012
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“Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic,...”
– Goethe
Why design?
Design projects engage students as active participants, giving them a greater sense of control and responsibility for the learning process;
Design projects encourage creative problem-solving;
Design projects are often interdisciplinary, bringing together ideas from art, technology, math, and sciences;
Design projects help students learn to put themselves in the minds of others, since they need...
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Constructivism and Constructionism
Learning-by-designing approach … is often seen as being driven by two theories/approaches …
The constructivist theory of learning, developed by Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, views learning as a very active process in which people continually construct new knowledge from their experiences in the world. According to this theory, people don’t get ideas, they make them. Constructivist...