A person who believes in or practices constructionism; someone who thinks knowledge is built through active experience and hands-on engagement rather than passive instruction.
From constructionism + -ist (believer or practitioner). Emerged as educational philosophy terminology in the 1980s-90s alongside the constructionist movement in learning design.
Constructionists would say the best way to learn about electricity is to actually build circuits and see what works, not memorize textbook definitions—this philosophy shaped how modern educational robotics and coding classes are designed.
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