What Does Meaning Making Mean?

In psychology, meaning-making is the process of how people construe, understand, or make sense of life events, relationships, and the self.

What does meaning-making mean in education?

The term meaning-making has been used in constructivist educational psychology to refer to the personal epistemology that people create to help them to make sense of the influences, relationships, and sources of knowledge in their world.

What are the components of meaning-making?

Components of Meaning Making

Making connections both with developing linkages and relationships between new and existing knowledge. Acquiring and adapting mental models. The capacity to translate a purpose or intention, feeling or idea into a digital form, across a range of communicative modes.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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Maya is a hardware enthusiast who tests and reviews smart home devices, smartphones, wearables, and audio gear. She focuses on practical consumer value and build quality.