courses :: mas 965   the nature of constructionist learning :: bakhtiar mikhak   this course examines the philosophical and theoretical foundations of constructionism as a paradigm for formulating and evaluating new theories for learning and approaches to education. one of the goals of this course is to help new learning researchers situate their work within the constructionist framework through readings and projects that will focus on questions about the rich interplay between the process of knowledge construction and the development and co-evolution of ideas, learners, tools, and contexts. key theorists :: jean piaget, john dewey, lev vygotsky, ivan illich, seymour papert   assignments :: paper one :: practice, learning and reflection: a video diary experiment (pdf) paper two :: video as an object-to-think-with (pdf)   course website