Good day
I am busy with my methodology Chapter for my doctoral thesis. There are quite a lot of contradictions and different interpretations of the concepts constructivism, constructionism and social constructionism and other combinations.
I have read many articles and book chapters already about these concepts, but still struggles to understand the differences. To name a few: Ackermann (2001), Crotty (1998), Gergen, Guba and Lincoln (1994) and Schwandt (1998; 2000).
Can someone point me in the right direction please?
Regards
Johann Pieterse
I think the differences between these terms are quite minor, especially in comparison to other "paradigms" such as post-positivism or pragmatism.
Johann Pieterse
While social constructionism focuses on the objects produced by a group's social interactions, social constructivism focuses on an individual's learning as a result of his or her interactions in a group.
The major distinction between the two theories is the emphasis that each places on experiences and social interactions. The emphasis in constructivism is on personal experiences in creating knowledge, but in social constructivism the emphasis is on social interactions and culture.
No doubt you have read Berger and Luckmann's Social Construction of Reality?
Jan Golinski. (1998). Making Natural Knowledge: Constructivism and the History of Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Thank you for your replies David, Harry, Jose, Mirzakhmet an Rusian. I am moving forward.
Structural Theory is one of the oldest and most important social theories that were established at the end of the nineteenth century and continued to develop until the middle of the twentieth century and extended to various fields.Structural Theory founding came with the emergence of well-known social thinkers such as Auguste Comte, Coldin Weiser, and Claude Levy, and it also goes back to the publication of important books such as Comte’s Social Stillness and Positive Sociology.
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