Definition of constructivism

Constructivism is the name of several currents in art, psychology, philosophy, pedagogy and social sciences in general. In the artistic context, constructivism is a vanguard movement that is interested in the Organization's plans and expression of volume using materials of the industrial era. The movement was born in Russia in 1914 and developed following the revolution Bolshevik (October 1917).
In psychology, constructivism is based on the assumptions of Jean Piaget. For the psychologist, the development of intelligence is built by the same individual through interaction with the reality that surrounds him.
For the philosophy of science and epistemology, constructivism or epistemological constructivism is an approach to knowledge which is located in the middle of the 20th century. After this current, the reality is a construct created by person who observes it.
Pedagogy also gives the name of Constructivism aware that knowledge of all things is a mental process of the individual, which develops following the interaction with the surroundings.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that constructivism in mathematics requires, for the proof of the existence of a mathematical object, can be "built". In other words, according to this current, the classical contradiction evidence which is to assume that an X object does not exist and, starting from this premise, to derive a contradiction is not sufficient. Constructivists believe that this process does not discover the studied object and, therefore, its existence is not proven.