Noun: constructionism
- (education) a learning theory emphasizing knowledge-building through active creation of artifacts
"Students learned mathematics through constructionism, programming their own games";
- constructivism
- (sociology) a theory that social categories and concepts are actively created and maintained by society rather than existing naturally
"Researchers used constructionism to analyse how cultural ideas about childhood have changed"
- [US] (law) a method or practice of interpreting legal documents, especially the Constitution, according to specific principles
"strict constructionism emphasizes literal and narrow interpretation"
Encyclopedia: Constructionism