Implications of Constructivist and Socio-Constructivist Theories in the Early Education

Constructivist and socio-constructivist theories have as epistemological foundation the idea of building knowledge. Knowledge construction is carried out either being based on the internal processes of individual development or on social and cultural interactions. Each of the two approaches generates a certain relation between development and learning. In the early education, there is already a consensus within the scientific and professional community that learning precedes development. Thus, the educational practices used in kindergarten should reflect prevailingly the socio-constructivist vision on education.