THEMES: 1. Knowledge advancement: based on the premise that authentic creative knowledge work can take place in school classrooms. People are honoured for the contributions they make to the community. This is a time for creating epistemic artefacts, tools that serve in the further advancement of knowledge. 2. Ideas improvement: improvement as a criterion for assessing knowledge; an explicit principle, not implicit in enquiry and learning activities 3. Declarative-procedural distinction: knowledge about dominates traditional educational practice: textbooks, curriculum guidelines, where as knowledge of: problem solving 4. Discourse could play a creative role, actively improving on ideas;cooperative discourse oriented toward understanding. It involves a set of commitments that distinguish it from other types of discourse: progress, seeking common understanding and expanding the base of accepted facts 5. Information of all kinds has value insofar as it contributes to knowledge building discourse 6. How are complex new concepts acquired? CSILE: Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments Many characteristics of classroom life conspire to discourage intentional learning. A key factor in this idea is the structure of classroom communication. Altering the flow of information was one of their goals. Another motive guiding the creation of the CSILE is that students as a resource was overlooked. Marlene Scardamalia and Carl Bereiter Knowledge Building Knowledge building pedagogy is based on the premise that authentic creative knowledge work can take place n school classrooms and feature knowledge creating organisations. Individuals are not rewarded for their individual intellectual progress or success but rather for the contributions they make to the organisation or community’s knowledge. Themes of Knowledge Building: 1. Knowledge advancement as community 2. As idea improvement 3. Knowledge of not about 4. Discourse as collaborative problem solving rather than as augmentation 5. Constitutive use of authoritative information 6. Understanding as an emergent Ours is a Knowledge- Creating Civilisation