June 27th, 2013 | RESEARCH
This article adds to sociocultural theories of learning by investigating knowing and learning in the hobby of model rocketry. Hobbies are paradigmatic of interest-based, long-term pursuits and studying the tailored practices the rocketeers craft for themselves sheds further light on the relationship between the nature of practices and the learning processes that emerge in their enactment. My window into this issue is the core problem of determining the stability of model rockets, across phases of design, construction, and flying. Using ethnographic and experimental data, I catalog the various individual and collective ways of knowing rocket stability and articulate the manners in which they operate to foster and sustain the highly tailored pursuits characteristic of interest-based practices.
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Flavio Azevedo, Author, University of Massachusetts, AmherstCitation
Publication: Cognition and Instruction
Volume: 31
Number: 3
Related URLs
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07370008.2013.799168
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Audience: General Public
Discipline: Education and learning science | Physics | Space science
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Public Programs