2017-11-272017-11-272000-09MIRANDA, María Gouveia de. El constructivismo como principio explicativo en la educación: una pretensión y un riesgo. Educere: la revista venezolana de educación, Mérida, v. 4, n. 10, p. 7-15, Jul./Sept. 2000.1316-4910http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/13029Constructivism in discussions about education in Brazil has assumed an increasingly important role and is the justification for government intervention in schools and the basis of its educational policies. This is confirmation of a trend whereby a psychological explanation is transformed into an explanatory principle governing educational issues. The author gives a searching and penetrating analysis of many of the goals of constructivism, which are currently part of every teacher- training program.spaAcesso AbertoArtigo