Principios del constructivismo social en la Propuesta Pedagógica Institucional de la Escuela de Educación Básica Carcelén de la ciudad de Quito

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Abstract: This research focuses on the theoretical fundaments regarding the Social Constructivism implicated in education. Although Social Constructivism has been recently adopted, several psychologists, sociologists and teachers have provided a variety of definitions of the pedagogical approach. Philosophers and pedagogues such as Piaget and Vygotsky suggest that the Social Constructivism aims to solve educational problems involved in traditional teaching-learning process. This review describes the relationship between the Social constructivism principles and the pedagogical proposal of the Institución Educativa Carcelén. As an instrument of investigation a matrix of data was utilized to contrastthe contribution of some authors. Furthermore, the analysis of a considerable amount of articles was possible through a documentary investigation, having as a result, information from authors who support and characterize main aspects of pedagogy, didactics, curriculum in the direction of the Social Constructivism. The research concludes that the principles of the Social Constructivism are suitable to enhance the educational process as there are positive results which back up the reviewed elements. This investigation has the intention to contribute the renovation of the pedagogical work in Ecuador.