There are very few studies concerning the importance of teaching methods in biology
education and environmental education including outdoor education for promoting …

In this article we review the Knowledge-Building literature, unpacking its conceptual
framework, principle-based pedagogy, distinctive features, and issues regarding scalability …

The authors analyze and compare three models of innovative knowledge communities:
Nonaka and Takeuchi's model of knowledge-creation, Engeström's model of expansive …

We argue that beyond metaphors, according to which learning is a process of knowledge
acquisition by individual learners (a “monological” approach) or participation to social …

This paper reports a one-year study on the project of “Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for
seamless science inquiry” in a primary school in Hong Kong. BYOD in this study refers to …

The paper reports a quasi-experimental study comparing the “traditional flipped classroom”
pedagogical design with the “productive failure”(Kapur, 2016) pedagogical design in the …

This article reports a design experiment conducted over three successive school years, with
the teacher's goal of having his Grade 4 students assume increasing levels of collective …

The purpose of the present paper is to examine the relations between Carl Bereiter's and
Marlene Scardamalia's knowledge-building approach and social practices. It is argued that …

This study examines four months of online discourse of 22 Grade 4 students engaged in
efforts to advance their understanding of optics. Their work is part of a school-wide …

The attrition of females studying physics after high school is a growing concern to the
science education community. Most undergraduate science programs require introductory …