Social Constructionism

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what is social constructionism?
children learn to construct language based on gathering rules from language
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who was it developed by?
Wittegstein in the 1950s
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who built upon it?
Tomasello 2003
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what does Tomasello's theory state?
children listen to language and do two things
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what are the two things that children do when they listen to language?
intention reading
pattern finding
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what is intention reading?
children learn how to use language to achieve social ends
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what is pattern finding?
children look at many utterances and develop schemas based on patterns in language
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what is Braine's theory?
children learn language in a slot in frame (child develops a schema in which variables can be placed to suit the situation)
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challenging social constructionism
-children may learn social concepts like 'mummy' and 'daddy' before the intention starts
-lack of evidence
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who was it developed by?

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