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Vol. 75
(2025)
Issue 07-08
The Pedagogical Model of Knowledge and Learning. An Attempt to Redefine Constructivist Learning Theory
DATE OF PUBLISHING: 2025-10-11
SECTION: Tanulmányok [peer reviewed]
AUTHOR:
URBÁN, PÉTER
főiskolai docens | Sapientia Szerzetesi Hittudományi Főiskola | középiskolai tanár | Piarista Gimnázium | Budapest
KEYWORDS: constructivist learning theory; learning theory awareness; concept of knowledge; prior knowledge; novice and expert knowledge

ABSTRACT (FULL-TEXT IN HUNGARIAN!)

This paper presents constructivist learning theory according to the theoretical and practical needs of pedagogy. This model is better distinguished from its epistemological and psychological links than in his earlier presenetations. We do not subscribe to the established practice of mechanically deriving methodological prescriptions from learning theory considerations. Instead, we want to focus on learning theory awareness, i.e. the attitude that makes it possible to evaluate instrumental (e.g. methodological) decisions or proposals in relation to a reflected concept of learning, a thought-out concept of knowledge and the specificities of the learning environment. It is necessary to introduce a new definition of constructivist learning theory: constructivist learning theory is a comprehensive pedagogical model of learning understood as the construction of knowledge by the student. After interpreting the components of this definition, the paper elaborates on this promising concept of learning theory, which can provide adequate answers to the most relevant problems of our time, by focusing on the concepts of meaning construction, expert knowledge, prior knowledge and the transitory nature of knowledge. The theory of learning is closely linked to the theory of knowledge at every point in the work, and the final chapter offers a new concept of knowledge based on the theory of learning.

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