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MENDOZA GARCIA, Jorge. Otra mirada: la construcción social del conocimiento. Polis [online]. 2015, vol.11, n.1, pp.83-118. ISSN 2594-0686.

In this article is argued the perspective of knowledge's social construction through five points: a) it is described the assumptions of socioconstruccionism and the relevance of language in that purpose; b) in that frame, it is explained how the mind is understood, particularly from cultural psychology; c) it is also denoted about notions like tool, signs, statement and dialogue enrolled in this perspective; d) it is discussed how the use of words depends on the context to make sense, and how the use of the concept is made in dependent of context and how both forms derive two ways of knowledge, the common one and the scientific one; e) at the end, considering these elements, it is argued how the knowledge is constructed in the educative field.

Palabras llave : culture; language; mind; knowledge construction; education.

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