ABSTRACT
It has been suggested that constructivism as a learning philosophy can be traced back to the work of the Italian philosopher, Giambattista Vico (1668–1744). He was a Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Naples who believed that people formed new knowledge from what they already knew, which in itself was based on individual beliefs. The formalisation of the constructivist epistemology is usually attributed to Jean Piaget, who is defined as a cognitive constructivist. It postulates that learning is the construction and reconstruction of knowledge by each individual from their own ideas and previous experiences.
