Conceptions of Knowledge Creation, Knowledge and Knowing

Dr Tan Yuh Huann is the Head of a Department overseeing curriculum innovation and pedagogical excellence at the Yusof Ishak Secondary School under the Singapore Ministry of Education. His research interests span the fields of computer-supported collaborative learning, second language acquisition, personal epistemology, knowledge creation in education, and teachers’ professional development. Dr Tan Seng Chee is an Associate Professor with the Learning Sciences and Assessment group at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. His research interests include integration of technologies into education, computer-supported collaborative learning, and knowledge building.

Chapter 1. Why a Study on Teachers’ Conception of Knowledge Creation.- Chapter 2. Understanding Knowledge Creation.- Chapter 3. Understanding Personal Epistemology.- Chapter 4. Designing the Phenomenographic Study and Constituting the Outcome Spaces.- Chapter 5. Teachers’ Conceptions of Knowledge and Knowing.- Chapter 6. Teachers’ Conceptions on the Phenomenon of Knowledge Creation in General.- Chapter 7. Teachers’ Conceptions on the Phenomenon of Knowledge Creation in Education.- Chapter 8. Discussions on Teachers’ Conceptions on the Phenomena of Knowledge, Knowing, and Knowledge Creation.- Chapter 9. Conclusions.- Appendix A: Interview Questions and the Translations in Chinese.- Appendix B: A Simple Transcription Scheme.