Knowledge

Construction
21st Century Learning
Design

Knowledge
Construction.?

What is knowledge work?

Info and
ideas

Solution

Creating
Social Programs
Policies & Laws
Web apps &
Software
Marketing &
Strategies
Design &
Engineering

Knowledge Construction
We often hear the term knowledge economy. More and more, people
are expected to not only be intelligent consumers of information, but
also to create information and ideas. In this rubric, students are asked
to do the same: to evaluate, synthesize, analyze and interpret
information. We have overwhelming access to data so we must prepare
students to be informed consumers and smart producers who can
integrate information from multiple sources across multiple disciplines
in order to further expand their learning and make sense of the world.
Do your learning activities model this today?

Review example learning activities

Design a Catapult
House on Mango Street
Native Peoples

The Learning Design

Knowledge
construction activities require students to generate ideas
Rubric:
and understandings that are new to them. Students can do this through
interpretation, analysis, synthesis or evaluation. In stronger activities,
knowledge construction is the main requirement of the learning activity.
The strongest activities require students to apply the knowledge they
constructed in a different context, helping them to deepen their
understanding further, and to connect information and ideas from two
or more academic disciplines (for example, integrating learning from
both science and literature).

Review Rubric
Knowledge Construction

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