Fixedness and growth at individual and collective levels in knowledge building communities

Shiri Kashi, Yotam Hod

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Abstract

Fast-moving changes to society as part of the digital age are posing new educational challenges that include developing students who are flexible, adaptive, and growth-oriented. Knowledge building communities (KBCs) are a growth-promoting pedagogy, suitable to address these challenges. Yet, developing students’ identities as knowledge builders remains undertheorized. In this study, we rise above existing frameworks of fixedness and fluidity to elucidate how students and communities develop growth orientations. Using a grounded theoretical approach, we examined a KBC of graduate students, coding 324 relevant utterances that were expressed by the 18 students over the course of a semester. This resulted in a five-category model of fixedness and growth in KBCs that was then used to describe the overall development of the community as well as the transformation of one student. This study advances both theoretical and practical ideas about how to prepare students for life in the rapidly-changing world.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences
Subtitle of host publicationThe Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings
EditorsMelissa Gresalfi, Ilana Seidel Horn
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages90-97
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781732467255
StatePublished - 2020
Event14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Nashville, United States
Duration: 19 Jun 202023 Jun 2020

Publication series

NameComputer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
Volume1
ISSN (Print)1573-4552

Conference

Conference14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNashville
Period19/06/2023/06/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Education

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