DISCUSSION, COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE WORK AND EPISTEMIC FLUENCY |
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| Authors: | Peter Goodyear and Maria Zenios |
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| Institution: | University of Sydney,; Lancaster University |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT: This paper argues for an action-oriented conception of learning in higher education: one which marries higher order learning (coming to understand) with apprenticeship in knowledge work. It introduces epistemic tasks, forms and fluency as constructs that are useful in giving a more precise meaning to ideas about collaboration in knowledge construction. Discussion is seen as central to collaborative knowledge work and we examine the role of discussion in supporting weaker and stronger interpretations of collaborative knowledge construction. |
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| Keywords: | learning in higher education learning through discussion collaborative construction of knowledge epistemic fluency |
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