IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Constructivist Psychology: A Paradigm Shift

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Dr. Neelam Suman,Dr. Sangeeta Chauhan

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Constructivism and constructivist psychology are two new trends that have emerged in psychology. These are helpful to fulfill the significance of the psychological dimension like learning, culture, psychotherapy and cognitive science in education. The concept of supreme learning is possible only when the structure of education is made according to the learner's psychology by understanding the learner's learning potential. Keeping the child at the center of education presents new facts, information and knowledge in their favorable environment by counting them with their prior knowledge or experiences by which the child's mental structure is preserved and collected that new knowledge in the form of stable memories on the screen of their brain. Constructivist psychology in education has been accepted as a modification of the paradigm shift. This is quite different from the previous approaches of constructivism. Constructivism is based on the semantic and constructive process of human language, memory, and cognition whereas constructivist psychology considers all such different methods and theories to be interrelated with the principle of human experiences. It is based on personal diversity and subtle interchange between the patient and doctor. it is used to organize the experience of the patient so that his experience can be precise, articulated, elaborated and revised. The use of constructivist psychology in education has been found very important in learning and inclusive education for normal as well as special children, gifted children, delinquent children and physically handicapped children. we should choose the appropriate therapy of constructivist psychology so the learning capacity of such children can be increased. In the National Education Policy 2020, the structure of education has been drafted by considering Child psychology as the center of establishing an educational environment according to the child's mental ability. This paper focuses on presenting new knowledge in interesting segments according to the knowledge level of the students. It aims to make learning permanent and high-level by using various techniques of constructivism.

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