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Teachers’ perceived challenges of knowledge building pedagogy
Citation
Tan, S. C., & Yeo, J. (2012). Teachers’ perceived challenges of knowledge building pedagogy. In B. Chang, S. C. Tan, T. Matsui, G. Biswas, L. -H. Wong, T. Hirashima & W. Chen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computers in Education (pp. 721-728). Singapore: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education.
Abstract
Using the Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) as a lens, this paper
reports the contradictions that 18 teacher participants identified as they learned about
knowledge building pedagogy in a course and reflected on the challenges that they might
face in implementing the pedagogy. Among many challenges, two were highlighted in this
paper to illustrate the within system and between systems contradictions. Deweyan’s
transaction theory was used to suggest a possible way forward to overcoming these
challenges.
Date Issued
2012
Description
This paper was presented at the 20th International Conference on Computers in Education, held in Singapore from 16-30 Nov 2012