personal construct theory

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was developed by George Kelly, from his position of constructive alternativism, and is a version of personal contructivism

"Kelly set out his theory as a set of principles or tenets, described as a basic postulate and a series of corollaries…Kelly's theory is constructivist in the way that it suggests that an individual person understands the world through developing a system of constructs that are personal to that individual, and which are the basis for interpreting experience." (Taber, 2020)

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.