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Knowledge-building pedagogy model with initial acculturation to collaborative culture before introducing Knowledge Forum

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Description

A design pattern emergent from failed starts in the Hong Kong teacher network: students are first acculturated to a collaborative culture before the Knowledge Forum tool is introduced. This reverses the typical Canadian approach where "Knowledge Forum is usually included at the start of knowledge building." The pattern addresses the tendency of new teachers and students to focus on the tool rather than collaborative knowledge construction.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Teachers must understand that students can work together to build knowledge before the platform is introduced

Constraints

  • Emergent from the Hong Kong socio-cultural context where examination pressure and teacher-directed norms prevail

Target Learners

  • Grade 5-12 students in Hong Kong classrooms

Learning Goals

  • Collaborative knowledge building
  • Community knowledge creation

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Chan, C. K. K. (2011). Bridging research and practice: Implementing and sustaining knowledge building in Hong Kong classrooms. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-011-9121-0
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title Knowledge-building pedagogy model with initial acculturation to collaborative culture before introducing Knowledge Forum
description A design pattern emergent from failed starts in the Hong Kong teacher network: students are first acculturated to a collaborative culture before the Knowledge Forum tool is introduced.
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