ERIC Number: EJ1316302
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-1499-6677
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Pedagogical Transformation and Teacher Learning for Knowledge Building: Turning COVID-19 Challenges into Opportunities
Teo, Chew Lee; Tan, Seng Chee; Chan, Carol
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, v47 n4 2021
This paper reports on the continual effort of the Knowledge Building Community (KBC) connecting teachers within and across schools for knowledge creation and community building during the COVID-19 disruptions. During this crisis, schools around the world are challenged with the issues of implementing online learning. Three areas of misalignment were identified: disjoint in learning with home-school separation, piecemeal technologies to mimic physical teaching, and disconnect between teacher professional development and classroom practices and we discussed emerging realignment efforts for transformative learning. Through analyzing the three case examples of how teachers responded to COVID-19 challenges in inter-related areas of curriculum, pedagogy, technology and community, we identified several themes on emerging alignments conducive for transformative pedagogy and technology through community advancement. These themes include: innovating practice around the centrality of ideas; perceiving knowledge building as pervasive; transformative use of technology, and symmetrical advancement of knowledge. These case examples show that in these disruptive times, the teachers were more actively building new practices supported by community dynamics and systemic processes of the KBC. Consequently, the interactions between stakeholders shifted from disjointed relations in different hierarchical levels to a networked community of people, ideas, and resources, and teachers continually advancing their knowledge-building practice in these challenging times.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Communities of Practice, Professional Development, Transformative Learning, Alignment (Education), Technology Integration, Secondary School Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Family School Relationship, Teacher Leadership, Social Networks, Knowledge Level, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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