Konstruktywizm i pedagogika różnorodności w kontekście edukacji włączającej
Constructivism and diversity pedagogy: learning in the context of inclusive education

Summary/Abstract: Constructivism is a very complex and ambiguous concept, whereas the constructivist approach ismostly presented in three main aspects: ontological and epistemological (conditions and capabilitiesof reality existence and cognition), psychological (mental processes of knowledge constructing)and pedagogical (processes of learning and creating concepts). In this article I am searching theanswer to two basic questions, the first one reading: What are the potential results of the constructivistapproach in connection with diversity pedagogy and inclusion learning for education and thefunctioning of schools? The posthuman critique of social constructivism formulates the second ofthe questions I want to answer in the text: how can the constructivist approach cooperate with somenew contemporary social theories, especially the new realism (materialism) and pedagogy of things?Employing the Piagetian concept of decentration, I take a critical look at how and in what senseconstructivism could influence the change of meanings ascribed to categories like norm(s), learningdifficulties or special educational needs, as well as reformulate the general philosophy of educationand eventually affect the functioning of schools as accessible learning environments.

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