Institute for Knowledge Innovation & Technology,
University of Toronto
OISE | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6, Canada


Carl Bereiter is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and a co-founder, with Marlene Scardamalia, of the Institute for Knowledge Innovation & Technology (IKIT). He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Education and has been twice a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences most recently for participation in a study of the cognitive bases of educational reform.

Along with Marlene Scardamalia, he developed CSILE, the first networked system for collaborative learning. The current version, Knowledge Forum®, is being used in innovative applications worldwide at all educational levels from primary grades to university. He has published widely on a variety of topics in instruction, cognitive psychology, and educational policy. Recent publications include “Education for the Knowledge Age: Design-centered Models of Teaching and Instruction” (in the Handbook of Educational Psychology, 2006), Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (in press) and “Toward research-based innovation” (in Emerging Models for Learning and Innovation, OECD, 2007) both co-authored with Scardamalia.

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (2007). Toward research-based innovation. In F. Benavides (Ed.), Emerging models for learning and innovation. OECD.(full text).

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (2006). Education for the knowledge age: Design-centered models of teaching and instruction. In P. A. Alexander & P. H. Winne (Eds.), Handbook of educational psychology (2nd ed., pp. 695-713). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (Amazon.com).

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (2005). Technology and literacies: From print literacy to dialogic literacy. In N. Bascia, A. Cumming, A. Datnow, K. Leithwood, & D. Livingstone (Eds.), International handbook of educational policy (pp. 749-761). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. (Abstract).

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (2003). Learning to work creatively with knowledge. In E. De Corte, L. Verschaffel, N. Entwistle, & J. van Merriënboer (Eds.), Powerful learning environments: Unraveling basic components and dimensions (pp. 55-68). (Advances in Learning and Instruction Series). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science. (full text)

Bereiter, C. (2002). Education and mind in the knowledge age. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (preface)(first chapter)

Bereiter, C. (1997). Situated cognition and how to overcome it. In D. Kirshner & J. A. Whitson (Eds.), Situated cognition: Social, semiotic, and psychological perspectives (pp. 281-300). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. (full text)

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1993). Surpassing ourselves: An inquiry into the nature and implications of expertise. La Salle, IL: Open Court. (preface)

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1989). Intentional learning as a goal of instruction. In L. B. Resnick (Ed.), Knowing, learning, and instruction: Essays in honor of Robert Glaser (pp. 361-392). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (excerpt pp. 361-363)

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1987). The psychology of written composition. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (preface)

1993 Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, Queen's University
1991 Alumni Achievement Award, School of Education, University of Wisconsin at Madison
1989 Ontario Psychological Foundation Contribution to Knowledge Award
1987 National Academy of Education
1986 George A. Miller Visiting Professorship, University of Illinois
1973-74
1992-93
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
1968 Guggenheim Fellowship
1951 Phi Beta Kappa

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