Literature Review: Knowledge Building Research
Professor Kwok-Wing Lai, examines some of the key findings on Knowledge Building from the literature.
Visit this articleThis publication captures the ongoing work undertaken by a team of educators dedicated to examining thirty years of research on Knowledge Building and presenting it in an accessible way for New Zealand teachers. It supports the "Creating Knowledge Building Communities Workshop" which will be recorded and subsequently added to the publication.
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Contents
Knowledge Building Webinar
A recording of the workshop to introduce knowledge building
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What is Knowledge Building?
The Knowledge Building (KB) pedagogical approach developed by Marlene Scardamalia and Carl Bereiter (2006) at the University of Toronto aims to support the development of young people’s knowledge-building capability.
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Why Knowledge Building?
The social, economic and political well-being of modern societies will rely on the capacity of their citizens to be able to innovate and work creatively with knowledge across all fields (OECD, 2008).
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How to Knowledge Build
Philippa Mallinson draws on some of the key aspects of Knowledge Building highlighted by the literature.
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The Knowledge Building Principles
KB Singapore's excellent representation of the KB Principles
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