Welcome to Knowledge-Building Teacher Network
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Transcript of Welcome to Knowledge-Building Teacher Network
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Welcome to Knowledge-Building Teacher Network
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What is the “Knowledge Building Teacher
Professional Development Network” (KBTN)? Knowledge building
Students engaging in inquiry in knowledge-building communities for 21st century learning supported by technology
-Addresses goals of educational reforms
Teacher ProfessionalDevelopment Network (community)
A group of EMB (Ministry) seconded teachers working together mentoring new teachers on using knowledge building, supported with knowledge building theory, pedagogy & technology
--To sustain and to scale up innovations & good practice in schools
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Empowering communities and transforming learning through technology
Knowledge building communities – contribution and added value to community mediated by progressive inquiry and discourse - analogous to scientific communities
Learning for 21st century – three metaphors of learning (acquisition, acculturation & knowledge creation)
Technology - Knowledge Forum with suite of assessment tools and data mining
Different aspects are intersecting and intertwined
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Heading Into Deep WaterHeading Into Deep Water
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Overview
What is knowledge building? What about Knowledge Forum 4.7? How to conduct curriculum Innovation in
School? How to plan your curriculum for
Knowledge Building?
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Some Benefits of knowledge building
LiteracyArgumentation, Metacognition, questions,
explanation, theoriesDialogical thinking .. Working with othersValues
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What is the difference between knowledge
building and online learning?
Big blackboard? Big File?
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Creation and improvement of ideas and knowledge collectively
Communities of learners…scientists
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Knowledge Building Principles
1) Agency (Self-learning, inquiry)
2) Community Knowledge (Collaborative learning)
3) Rise Above (Deepening)
4) Improvable Ideas (Sustained efforts)
5) Reflective assessment
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Curriculum Design – Principles
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Principles & Curriculum Design for KB (1)
Component 1 – How to develop collaborative culture in classroom
Agency/Community Knowledge
Students working with each otherPutting out ideas to public for
improvement- group work, inquiry-based learning, jig-saw, knowledge-building ‘walls’etc
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Principles & Curriculum Design for KB (2)
Component 2 – How to Start collaborative Inquiry Using Knowledge Forum
Epistemic Agency….Community Knowledge Design and integrate curriculum with knowledge-building
- Big ideas…Key problems…Inquiry-based…information search
Scaffolds Design of views; Student grouping Other questions
- Should I set a question; how to set a question? how to encourage students to contribute…
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Scaffolds (thinking prompts)
Theory Building
I need to understandMy theoryNew InformationA better theoryThis theory cannot explainPutting our knowledge
together
Argumentation
My standpoint Reason ElaborationEvidenceExamplesInterpretationRebuttal Synthesis
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Scaffolds for
New Learning/Conceptual Change ?English Language?Project Learning?
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Teacher’s Instructions in each discussion viewTeacher’s Instructions in each discussion view
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Design for Knowledge Building (3)
Component Three – How to deepen discussion?Rise Above
KB Talk - Integrate knowledge building with class activity (e.g., discuss KF work in class; class activity in KF)
Knowledge Management View maintenanceStudents as expertsRise above…. Summary notes.. New views etc.
Focus on progress and idea improvement
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Debate on Shifting CultivationDebate on Shifting Cultivation
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View’s under student’s maintenanceView’s under student’s maintenance
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Design for knowledge building (4)
Component Four – How to Assess Student’s Understanding?
Reflective Assessment Using Assessment to scaffold and foster
knowledge building Tools (Applets, journals, rubrics, portfolio etc.)
Individual to Collective
How to teach well without teaching?How to assess well without over-assessing?
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Designing a Curriculum Unit
Collaborative learningInquiryUse of scaffoldsKF functionDeepening discourseContinuous Assessment
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Portfolio Instructions posed by teacherPortfolio Instructions posed by teacher
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Portfolio Note Sample Portfolio Note Sample