Radical Constructivist Cooperative Inquiry Framework: Learning within Design
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Abstract
This paper presents the Radical Constructivist Cooperative Inquiry (RCCI) framework, synthesized from the theoretical foundations of Collaborative Inquiry and Radical Constructivism, to reveal the process of children's learning from and within design activities. The RCCI framework is based on six pillars, as we consider learning in design to be: Child-Centered, Dynamic, Iterative, and Collaborative, with Representations and Outcomes. We provide examples for each pillar from an empirical study we conducted in collaboration with a public library to support children in learning design. This paper responds to calls from the field to increase the theoretical grounding of learning and provides a novel synthesized framework that design educators can use to understand children's learning in design experiences.
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