A Three-Year Design-Based Study: Cultivating Students' Collaboration Using Principle-Based Approach in Student Knowledge-Building Design Studio

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Abstract

This paper reports a three-year design-based study of Student-Knowledge-Building-Design- Studio (sKBDS) that brought students of different ages from different schools to form a knowledge building community to tackle real-world problems. The sKBDS continued throughout the recent lockdown. The iterative design is based on the translation of knowledge building principles into practice. Pre-post survey and students' notes on Knowledge Forum (an online discussion forum) were collected over the three years to derive evidence-based support for the impact of a principle-based approach on students' learning and development. We discuss the implication of the work in providing a stable and collaborative platform to bridge research and practice, connecting teachers and students in a dynamic interdisciplinary curriculum and inquiry.

Authors

• Chew Lee Teo, Singapore National Institute of Education

• Alwyn Vwen Yen Lee, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University

• Aloysius Ong, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University

• Guangji Yuan, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University