Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Disciplines
Education
Abstract
Based on an ecological theory of knowing (see Barab & Plucker, 2002; Barab & Roth, 2006; Gibson, 1986; Young, 2004), Social Perceiving-Acting Reciprocal Conversations (SPARC) is an emerging discussion approach designed to tune agents’ perceptions to the affordances of discussion interactions and to develop their effectivities to act on these affordances. This paper discusses the creation and subsequent iterations of SPARC that emerged in my undergraduate Educational Psychology class between January and May of 2009. Educational implications and future research directions are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Bushey, Cynthia, "Kindling SPARC: The Emergence of Social Perceiving-Acting Reciprocal Conversations" (2009). NERA Conference Proceedings 2009. 8.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/nera_2009/8