Constructionism

As generations go by, our predecessors assume we are skipping out on important aspects of life just to get a few extra minutes on our devices. In Catherine Rampell’s “A Generation of Slackers? Not So Much”, it is said the older generations believe Generation Y is “coddled, disrespectful, narcissistic, and impatient” (Rampell 388). In all reality our generation is just doing what it has to in order to thrive in the world we live in, where technology is one of the largest parts of our everyday lives. If the older generations that criticize Generation Y had grown up in Generation Y they would realize the world we live in requires the use of technology. The advancement of society with technology has shaped Generation Y to be the people that they are, relying on technology; however, older generations believe Generation Y is lazy.

A few years ago, I decided to learn sign language. It was not a project for a class, a requirement to graduate, or a fact that everyone knew. I just wanted to learn sign language, so I did what many twenty-first century millennials do and downloaded an app. The app showed me diagrams to learn basic phrases, videos to perfect the movements, and lessons to learn more efficiently. The technology of the app made learning sign language easy, and I could use it wherever I went. I thought that I was smart for using technology to learn specific things, but Mark Bauerlein, the author of a 2008 book called The Dumbest Generation, would disagree. According to Bauerlein, twenty-first century teenagers possess “low knowledge levels” when compared to past generations because of the increased use of technology. However, Bauerlein is mistaken. This generation is not “the dumbest generation” because we focus on different topics, we write more often, and we know that every generation has been called “the dumbest”.

To demand a new way of teaching and learning involving technology. (Thomas, 2011, p. 4) These popular claims within the seminal literature on digital natives (for example, that digital natives possess a sophisticated set of ICT [Information and Communication Technologies] knowledge and skills or that they have different learning styles or preferences) are largely unsupported by research evidence (Bennett, Maton, & Kirvan, 2008, p. 777). However, using these claims, enthusiasts’ present digital natives as a part of a utopian vision of technology tied to an exoticized picture of liberated young people (Buckingham, 2011). Despite slight distinctions, the terms digital native, the Net generation, and Millennials are used interchangeably (Jones et al., 2010, p. 723). Digital immigrants are characterized as individuals born before 1980 who knew an analogueonly world and still rely on analogue forms of interaction. For digital immigrants, the communication changes happening via the introduction of digital technologies are supposedly learned and relearned, instead of easily becoming second nature (Palfrey and Gasser, 2008, p. 4). Problems are often identified not with the digital natives but rather with older generations of non-natives who display their “digital immigrant accent” (Prensky, 2001a, p. 3) when using new technologies. In this way, digital immigrants are portrayed as being tied to older media, unable to catch up (Buckingham, 2011), therefore embodying the antithesis

Based on what is discussed in the learning materials, define and discuss at least five key presuppositions of social constructionism. How do these presuppositions apply to marriage and family therapy?

The term “digital native” refers to people born in the digital era, in other words, people born in Generation X or younger, who have been exposed to technology their whole life and what some may assume “automatically understand technology” (Boyd 176). These adults who are making assumptions are referred to as

Social psychology has been known for describing cognitive process, which is influenced by behaviour and mainly in terms of individual psychology. However, some critics have wondered if Social psychology has been really successful in explaining Social cognition. This has been a major concern that there may not be any ‘Social’ in Social cognition (Zajonc, 1989). As many of the Social cognitive processes and structures are affected by social context. In this respect, critics has seen social cognition as reductionist (i.e., loss of explanatory power) as it fails to deal properly with language and communication which are the two fundamental social variables; a failure to deal

“Teaching Children Thinking.” (1971) presented Dr. Papert’s work and vision of changing the educational system from the instruction-based mode of teaching to the construction-based mode of teaching. Papert (1971) advocated that with the ever-evolving nature of technology, educators should try to get on board by following Piaget’s assimilation and accommodation process for the current school structures to change. (Papert, 1971.) To drive his point home, he explained that children by nature are thinkers and players so to be successful in school, there must be more playing and thinking in schools. Papert (1971) proposed that one way to make the children think is by allowing them to construct their learning through computer devices with programming language, and programmable physical devices because as they program the computer, they acquire critical and problem-solving skills,

With the growing population of middle class households that have access to internet and cable, educational programming has seen a burst in activity and popularity. Families that were otherwise unable to access educational TV and games before are now able to do so, and their children have the opportunity to learn and play as they never have before. Increased exposure to such educational mediums has allowed for households with young children to experience types of knowledge and interaction that they've never

Social constructionism highlights that human uses a critical stance toward our taken-for-granted forms of interpreting, perceiving and comprehending the world, and that human must suspect our assumptions about what the world seems to be. The categorise and classification are not absolutely associated with real divisions. Social constructionism doubts whether the categories female and male are merely representing naturally emerging different types of human (Ernest, 1998). Social constructionism appeals to question the classification and categories because human made them basing on their culture value, experience and environment.

With 50% of the population now 25 and younger, the millennial generation can no longer blame their parents for their woes. Economic disparity and human suffering are the new facts of life for millenials. Fortunately, for them 2015 marks the dawn of a new day. Millenials are projected to have finally outgrown their forefathers, in size, education and overall presence on earth. The millennial generation, born between 1980 and 2000, is the tribe of digital natives best known for their ‘slacktivism’ and impossibly quick trends. Recognized by a technological sixth sense and indigeneity to the online world, millenials have lived to see a rapidly mounting technological progression. Shaped by international affairs more than ever before, millenials

Children tend to comprehend information better when they are also having fun. The time period that we live in today, having technology in a classroom is no longer optional. It is a critical aspect of the learning and playing process. Child development experts are progressively becoming distressed about education eliminating “play” from their schedules. “Play and technology, both have their unique place in society and are often thought of as two separate entities. However, in today’s technology driven world, the separateness of the two is no longer as apparent as the two are beginning to blend” (Allen 130). I concur with this because play and technology are beginning to come together because technology can be added to almost anything. This can

I learned that Constructionists do not believe that knowledge and different concepts are discovered but rather they are made. But even though they don’t believe, they still acknowledge it to be part of reality. Social constructionism is based on a social reality rather than individuals. Constructionism does not answer or they don’t care about ontological questions. I also that social constructionists are open to change if it means that they to need to justify or defend anything that they

In her essay “Digital natives: where is the evidence?”, Dr. Helsper of the University of Oxford argues that “generation alone does not adequately define if someone is a digital native or not” and that a digital native is “someone who multi-tasks, has access to a range of new technologies, is confident in their use of technologies, uses the Internet as a first port of call for information and…uses the Internet for learning as well as other activities” (Helsper, 2009). In order to be a true digital native, the person would need to turn to the Internet and technology as a first source of information, not a second or third. Helsper believes that assuming all of those perceived to be digital natives have the same education and understanding of technology will be detrimental to those who do not have the knowledge and experience of their classmates, and that education and usage plays a greater part in understanding technology than generation (Helsper,

Theorists like Foucault, Berger, Luckmann, Gergen bring out Social Constructionism from socio-cultural and historical contexts shape individuals and the creation of knowledge, how creation of knowledge happens, How individuals create themselves , one can also say all experience is subjective and human beings recreate themselves through an on-going, never static process, knowledge is created through an interplay of multiple social and historical forces. Theorists also say Social interaction is grounded in language, customs, cultural and historical contexts, all phenomenon, including the sciences, must be approached with doubt in order to understand how people construct reality and Humans are self-interpreting beings thus further complicating

Technology has been involved in people’s lives forever, especially in the Millennial Generation. This generation consists of individuals born between the years of 1982-2004. The articles “The Flight From Conversation,” “Teens and Technology 2013,” and “Leading The Charge For Change” deals with teens interacting with technology today.Each article has different topics, but they connect through the over dependence of teens to technology. The Millennial Generation becomes less and less in touch with the real world and morphs into a quasi-reality.