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I found this article by Ackermann very helpful in distinguishing between Constructivism and Constructionism. The seperate ideas from Papert and Piaget of ‘dwelling in’ and ’stepping back’ are integrated into a complementary approach to learning that makes a lot of sense. In my KLA of Maths/Science, a good example is the wavicle model of Quantum physics where concrete ideas of waves and particles are used to explain something with characteristics of both. We then have to both ’step back’ and ‘dwell in’ to try to understand the deeper meaning of this model.