A principle-based approach to knowledge building: Processes, challenges, and implications

Jianwei Zhang; Marlene Scardamalia; Carol Chan; Jan Van Aalst; Yuen Han Fung; Hidy Tse; Elizabeth Morley; Richard Messina; Janet Kolodner

A principle-based approach to knowledge building: Processes, challenges, and implications

Jianwei Zhang^*, Marlene Scardamalia, Carol Chan, Jan Van Aalst, Yuen Han Fung, Hidy Tse, Elizabeth Morley, Richard Messina, Janet Kolodner

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Abstract

Collaborative and inquiry-based learning programs vary in the degree of prescription and specification along a continuum from procedure- to principle-based approaches. This symposium will engage researchers and practitioners in a dialogue about these approaches and analyze the enactment of Knowledge Building (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 2006) as a principle-based innovation in two specific contexts: a Canadian elementary school and a teacher network in Hong Kong. Each case will be first analyzed by researchers drawing on rich data collection and, then, reflected upon by practitioners from these two sites (i.e. teachers and principal), followed by questions and comments from symposium participants. Analyzing and discussing these two cases from both researchers' and practitioners' perspectives will help elaborate the possibility, benefits, processes, conditions, and challenges of principle-based innovation in comparison with procedure-based practices and designs. Implications of principle-based innovation to CSCL research and practice will be discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice
Subtitle of host publication	CSCL 2011 Conf. Proc. - Community Events Proceedings, 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conf.
Pages	1053-1058
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL 2011: Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Duration: 4 Jul 2011 → 8 Jul 2011 Conference number: 9 https://www.isls.org/cscl2011/

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Conference	9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL 2011
Abbreviated title	CSCL
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
City	Hong Kong
Period	4/07/11 → 8/07/11
Internet address	https://www.isls.org/cscl2011/

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Zhang, J., Scardamalia, M., Chan, C., Van Aalst, J., Fung, Y. H., Tse, H., Morley, E., Messina, R., & Kolodner, J. (2011). A principle-based approach to knowledge building: Processes, challenges, and implications. In Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL 2011 Conf. Proc. - Community Events Proceedings, 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conf. (pp. 1053-1058)

Zhang, Jianwei ; Scardamalia, Marlene ; Chan, Carol ; Van Aalst, Jan ; Fung, Yuen Han ; Tse, Hidy ; Morley, Elizabeth ; Messina, Richard ; Kolodner, Janet. / A principle-based approach to knowledge building : Processes, challenges, and implications. Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL 2011 Conf. Proc. - Community Events Proceedings, 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conf.. 2011. pp. 1053-1058

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A principle-based approach to knowledge building : Processes, challenges, and implications. / Zhang, Jianwei; Scardamalia, Marlene; Chan, Carol; Van Aalst, Jan; Fung, Yuen Han; Tse, Hidy; Morley, Elizabeth; Messina, Richard; Kolodner, Janet.

Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL 2011 Conf. Proc. - Community Events Proceedings, 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conf.. 2011. p. 1053-1058.

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