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SUMMARY:Constructionism 2020 -CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:Constructionism 2020\r\nwill take place in Trinity College
  Dublin, Ireland from the 26-29 of May 2020.\r\n\r\nConference Theme �
 �� Exploring, Testing and Extending our Understanding of Constructioni
 sm: what does Constructionism have to offer today?\r\nEcho chambers, d
 igital wildfires and fake news. The rise of AI, big data and robotics.
  Widening gaps in society, refugee crises, climate change, and so on. 
 We certainly are “living in interesting times”. Times which requir
 e all of us working in education to do everything we possibly can to p
 rovide everyone with the best possible education to help them navigate
  and construct the “brave new world” in which they will live. As L
 ord David Puttnam put it ‘There won’t be much of a future for any 
 of us unless we’re prepared to become significantly more imaginative
  – most particularly in respect of the way in which we approach the 
 education of our young people.’\r\nWhile much has changed in the wor
 ld since Seymour Papert coined the term ‘Constructionism’ over 30 
 years ago, we might argue that little in education has. Constructionis
 m has proven to be a pedagogical approach which flourishes in informal
  educational settings, yet in the formal classroom it is stymied by th
 e traditional internal structures of schools such as timetabling and s
 iloed subject teaching, as well as external expectations and measures.
  Perhaps Constructionism’s most visible contribution to formal educa
 tion has been in the area of computer programming and computational th
 inking. Clearly Constructionism has a lot to contribute to how these t
 opics are taught in schools, but Papert’s vision was much broader th
 an that. Indeed James Clayson argues that “Constructionism has alway
 s been overly concerned with mathematical and computational literacy a
 t the expense of kindred constructivist disciplines”.\r\nGiven the c
 hallenges and opportunities both within education and wider society to
 day, what does Constructionism have to offer? Does it have a place in 
 the traditional classroom and if so, how? How do the experiences of co
 nstructionism in different settings, e.g. corporate, community, makers
 paces etc., inform each other? What are the kindred educational perspe
 ctives, sociological, psychological and other perspectives that the Co
 nstructionist Community should be engaging with? Are there limits to C
 onstructionism and what is the evidence base? This conference aims to 
 reflect on past experience; challenge existing ideas and explore new o
 nes; consider how we engage with academics, teachers, parents, student
 s and policy makers beyond our existing community; renew the vision of
  what Constructionism has to offer; and identify how we can collective
 ly move that vision forward.\n\nΓια περισσότερες πλη
 ροφορίες, επισκεφτείτε το  https://logogreekworl
 d.ning.com/events/constructionism-2020
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20200526T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20200529T235900
CATEGORIES:constructionism
LOCATION:Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
WEBSITE:https://www.constructionismconf.org/
URL:https://www.constructionismconf.org/
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:info@constructionismconf.org
ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Κατε
 ρίνα Γλέζου":https://logogreekworld.ning.com/profile/Katerin
 aGlezou
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Γεώ�
 �γιος Γιωτόπουλος":https://logogreekworld.ning.com/prof
 ile/GehorgiosGiothopoylos
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