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o from a teacher, book, etc. – The child is seen as a ?little scientist? constructing understandings of the world largely alone ….Piaget amp。 Constructivism ? believed all learning is constructed, whether it is something we are taught or something we learn on our own. ? Whether or not we are taught in a “constructivist” manner, Piaget believed we are constructing knowledge in all our learning. Piaget amp。 Learning ? Two main states – equilibrium amp。 disequilibrium ? Believed that we are driven or motivated to learn when we are in disequilibrium – We want to understand things Piaget amp。 Learning ? Equilibration: assimilation amp。 acmodation ? We adjust our ideas to make sense of reality ? Assimilation: ? process of matching external reality to an existing cognitive structure. ? Acmodation: ? When there?s an inconsistency between the learner?s cognitive structure amp。 the thing being learned the child will reanize her thoughts Example of Learning…. Constructivism, Learning, amp。 Education ? Not interested in applying his theory to schoolbased education, he called this “The American