ok lfc123...i'll help you baby........ Knowledge is Socially Constructed "Our culture is the sea in which we swim, as transparent to us as the ocean is to the fish that live in it." George Hein, 1998 The idea that knowledge is socially constructed builds upon the idea that knowledge is constructed. Remember Piaget's explanations of assimilation and accomodation? What is missing from the assimilation and accomodation diagrams is the socio-cultural environment. Our families, friends, school, city, and culture are the social background within which we define our own identity and accomodate and assimilate knowledge. It is by interacting with other people and the world that we learn.