The Knowledge Building International Project as an Innovative Learning Environment

Authors

  • Josep Gallifa FPCEE Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8272-3688
  • Mireia Montané Col.legi de Doctors i Llicenciats en Filosofia i Lletres i en Ciències de Catalunya, Barcelona
  • Sandra Lund Global Skills Network S.L., Barcelona
  • Carme Amorós Societat Catalana de Pedagogia, Institut d’Estudis Catalans
  • Mercè Bernaus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Mercè Gisbert Universitat Rovira i Virgili
  • Francesc Martínez-Olmo Universitat de Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt27920

Keywords:

knowledge building, knowledge forum, design-based research, innovative learning environments, evaluation, education innovation

Abstract

The Knowledge Building International Project (KBIP), implemented in a network of eight schools in Catalonia, demonstrates the value of an Innovative Learning Environment (ILE) towards supporting dialogical, technological, and systemic dimensions in teaching and learning. Using a design-based research (DBR) approach, a survey queried teachers, students, and external stakeholders regarding their perceptions about educational innovation. The results provide both the profile and the innovative nature of the whole KBIP experience at each participating school. The main results help illustrate the potential of KBIP methodologies. The findings exemplify the value of this particular DBR method for evaluating educational innovations.

Author Biographies

Josep Gallifa, FPCEE Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University

Josep Gallifa, PhD, is a full professor of Psychology and Education and deparment head in the FPCEE Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona. He conducts research on Integral Education and Development and Higher Education.

Mireia Montané, Col.legi de Doctors i Llicenciats en Filosofia i Lletres i en Ciències de Catalunya, Barcelona

Mireia Montané, PhD, is the Past President of the ATEE and WFATE. She directs the KBIP project in Catalonia and works in the Col.legi de Doctors i Llicenciats en Filosofia i Lletres i en Ciències de Catalunya, Barcelona.

Sandra Lund, Global Skills Network S.L., Barcelona

Sandra Lund, is involved in different research projects on International Education and Enterpreneurship Education in Global Skills Network S.L., Barcelona.

Carme Amorós, Societat Catalana de Pedagogia, Institut d’Estudis Catalans

Carme Amorós, works as a coordinator of the KBIP project in Catalonia and is member of the Societat Catalana de Pedagogia, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Mercè Bernaus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Mercè Bernaus, PhD, is a retired professor specilizing in Plurilingualism and Pluriculturalism and Language Didaktics in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Ciències de l’Educació.

Mercè Gisbert, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Mercè Gisbert, PhD, is a full professor and works in Education and Technology in the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Facultat d’Educació i Psicologia.

Francesc Martínez-Olmo, Universitat de Barcelona

Francesc Martínez-Olmo, PhD, works in Evaluation and Measurement in Education in the Facultat d’Educació, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona.

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