Le Knowledge Building Communities e la promozione di un apprendimento autoregolato

The study context of Knowledge Building Communities (KBC) is complex and challenging: Learning within KBC involves cooperation, ideas sharing, integration of contents from different domains and a shared planning of activities. The student is less directed by the teacher and he/she could be supported by the adoption of a more self-regulated approach to the study. At the same time this context could offer a good occasion to improve the transversal competencies implied in self regulated learning: i.e. strategic study, motivation and emotion management, time planning and effort management, help seeking and context management. This article will review the literature that take into account the relationship between cooperation in knowledge building communities and Self-Regulated Learning. The aim of the study is to analyze which components of Self-Regulated Learning are necessary to correctly participate to KBC and which specific features of Knowledge Bulding Communities could support the development of a more self-regulated study approach.