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French
The discussion of this term can be read in tandem with the discussion of discourse communities (above) and constructivism (below), without going so far as to say they are equivalent. In French theory, this construction is Vygotskian, a co-construction between teacher and student; for real learning, knowledge is not “transmitted” but constructed actively by students with the teacher (and with each other). This construction occurs, as Vygotsky proposed, through confronting problems that must be resolved and through the social interaction that occurs during this process of resolution.
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English
For composition theorists, poststructuralism imposes itself here. The construction of knowledge is a “construct,” a mental construction invented during social interaction. Knowledge does not pre-exist its discursive-situated construction, and all knowledge is in fact discursive. The co-construction of knowledge in university settings is thus seen as entirely discursive, a language-mediated act.
edit Social construction of knowledge
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