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The current state of constructivism in Brazil: Some elements for a debate

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  1. Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Brazil

    Lino de Macedo (Professor of developmental psychology)

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Original language: French

Lino de Macedo is a board member of the Jean Piaget Society (1999–2002) and coordinator of the Educational Psychology Laboratory of the University of São Paulo. He has supervised numerous doctoral and master’s theses and publishedEnsaios construtivistas [Constructivist essays] (1994),Quatro cores, senha e dominó [Four colours, passwords and dominoes] (1998) andAprender com jogos e situaoes-problemas [Learning with games and problem-situations] (2000), the latter two works being written with Petty and Passos. He is a specialist on Piagetian theory and its educational applications, and has written sixteen chapters featured in several books and over thirty articles.

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de Macedo, L. The current state of constructivism in Brazil: Some elements for a debate. Prospects 31, 221–228 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03220063

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