Knowledge Constructor – ISTE Student Standards
3 Stripes
What is a knowledge constructor?
“We teach a subject not to produce little living librarians on that subject, but rather to get a student to think…for himself, to consider matters…to take part in the process of knowledge-getting. Knowing is a process, not a product.” – Jerome Bruner, Toward a Theory of Instruction
KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTOR STANDARDS
- Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.
- Students evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources.
- Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.
- Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.
Teachers who build up knowledge constructors in their classrooms help students to:
- “plan and use digital research strategies.”
- “critically analyze digital resources and information.”
- “find and synthesize various digital resources and information.”
- “research real-world issues.”
(From page 8 of the Ed Tech Product Development Guide by ISTE)
Resources
- Knowledge Constructor Tools on Stripes
- Use digital curation to unlock Knowledge Constructor, Creative Communicator standards – Kate Harris, ISTE Empowered Learner Blog
- Knowledge Constructor Presentation – Lemke and Britten of the METIRI Group, ISTE Con 2018
- Science 2.0: Developing the Knowledge Constructor – NSTA Blog
Earn Your Stripe
- Watch the video above.
- Submit below any experiences you completed with students that pushed them to be knowledge constructors.
- Explain the connection between these experiences and the ISTE standard.
