Googling Constructivist Theory of Education 2006 got me to today. The top of the list was an abstract of a paper describing a 2hr workshop designed to introduce pre service teachers to digital video. The application of technology in every subject area is considered a requirement of education today. More is expected of the teacher than just traditional instructional skills; a creative capacity to facilitate the student’s ability to build their own knowledge is essential.

The culture of technology is global = the world wide web.

Describing how Piaget and Vygotskys’ theories compliment each other to provide the underpinning of Constructivist theory education requires a basic overview of who they were and how their culture and background influenced the way they constructed knowledge.

“In Piaget’s theory of cognition there are two levels of adaptation. On the practical level of survival, it is a matter of devising schemes of action that circumvent the obstacles and perturbations the environment places in the organism’s path. On the conceptual level of theories and explanations it is a matter of achieving a coherent balance that avoids internal contradictions.”
http://www.oikos.org/Piagethom.htm

Piaget studied his children in his home, one assumes a stable family environment. By contrast Vygotsky’s world was full of dramatic social change and upheaval.