ERIC Number: EJ988457
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1436-4522
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Supporting Teachers in Designing CSCL Activities: A Case Study of Principle-Based Pedagogical Patterns in Networked Second Language Classrooms
Wen, Yun; Looi, Chee-Kit; Chen, Wenli
Educational Technology & Society, v15 n2 p138-153 2012
This paper proposes the identification and use of principle-based pedagogical patterns to help teachers to translate design principles into actionable teaching activities, and to scaffold student learning with sufficient flexibility and creativity. A set of pedagogical patterns for networked Second language (L2) learning, categorized and undergirded by rapid collaborative knowledge improvement (RCKI) principles, has been extracted and articulated in our school-based research. The patterns are distilled from a series of over 60 Chinese language lessons conducted in real classrooms which are co-designed by teachers and researchers over a 3-year period in Singapore schools. Each principle-based pedagogical pattern is presented succinctly in a simple pattern language. Two classroom scenarios of collaborative activities are elucidated, embodying some of the patterns to provide a more grounded feel of how they are enacted in practice. RCKI principle-based pedagogical patterns inform the design of collaborative language learning activities in networked classrooms. Preliminary findings reveal that principle-based pedagogical patterns provide teachers a workable way to design RCKI activities and enable teachers to adopt, internalize and adapt them in classroom use. (Contains 1 table and 7 figures.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs, Language Patterns, Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary School Students, Learning Activities, Language Teachers, Teaching Methods, Internet
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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