Oztok, Murat and Arvaja, Maarit (2016) No one ever steps in the same discussion twice : the relationship between identities and meaning. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences : Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners. International Society of the Learning Sciences, Singapore, pp. 234-241. ISBN 9780990355090
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Abstract
The concept of identification is a relational construct; that is, identities are not static but rather negotiated based on available material and symbolic resources. However, we know relatively little about how identities play a dual role when students collaborate. The aim of this paper is to explore this process through multiple case studies: we aim to explore how identities are enacted and used in making personal sense and understand the content knowledge, while at the same time we are interested in how this process can take a form of renewing process in the sense that the identities enacted are themselves changed, transformed or re-negotiated. Our results show that due to its dual role, identities mediate collaborative learning not only because knowledge is constructed in relation to identities but because online selves are articulated and constructed in relation to knowledge construction.