Hmmmm…. Talking with a ECE mentor of mine who has pushed me along in my career about Knowledge Building Pedagogy in the early years she led me to considering how this is just a form/ method of constructionist pedagogy. She … Read More
I have always been of the philosophy that some of the most important learning children do through exploring the world around them on their own. That children will learn what they are ready to learn, when they are ready to … Read More
This week I dived into practices that encourage collaboration of students. I wanted to know how teachers facilitate the sharing of knowledge between students as well as how students share their knowledge orally with their teachers. I watched many videos … Read More
Scaffolding After reading “An Ethic of Excellence” I started to think deeper into the importance placed on scaffolding in Knowledge Building. Before I read the book I thought to myself: But HOW do they encourage students towards … Read More
I have a long history with education professional development in both my past employment as an Early Childhood Educator working in the Early year field as well as working as a CUPE member in the school district. Attending PRO-D hosted … Read More
This week I started to really get inspired when I listened to the first episode of the pod cast “Innovation at work exploring the KB principles” Check it out at https://soundcloud.com/thelearningexchange/episode-1-innovation-at-work-exploring-the-kb-principles Listening to the children sharing ideas of prior … Read More
Time for Growth! Time to set aside all my bias and go into to this with a open mind… Parts of knowledge building pedagogy go against all my learning from my early years education and some of it lines up … Read More
Knowledge building Pedagogy The foundation of Knowledge Building Pedagogy is that ideas are always improvable. That learning should start at the level of knowledge the child already has. That it should be constructed collaboratively through the sharing of ideas, theories … Read More