Carl Bereiter

Carl Bereiter is an education researcher, professor emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto(OISE/UofT) and co-director of the Education Commons at OISE/UofT, a division that integrates all information and technology services from this institute.

His areas of research are:


 * Knowledge Building
 * Research Design
 * Intentional Learning
 * Instruction
 * Cognitive psychology
 * Educational policy
 * Educational technology.

Contributions
Carl Bereiter is one of the pioneers of Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL). In collaboration with Marlene Scardamalia, he introduced and developed the theory of "knowledge building". He is one of the main researchers of Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments (CSILE), the first networked system for collaborative learning. The second generation of product was renamed Knowledge Forum.

Bereiter is one of the founders and leading researchers of the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology, (IKIT). His educational contributions, along with those of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Michel Foucault, Howard Gardner, and others, are profiled in Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education.

Books by Bereiter

 * Scardamalia, M., Bereiter, C. Fillion, B. (1981). Writing for Results: A Sourcebook of Consequential Composing Activities; Curriculum Series; Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (44).
 * Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1987). The psychology of written composition. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
 * Bereiter, C. and Scardamalia, M. (1989). Across the World: Reading Skills Workbook Level 3:2.
 * Bereiter, C. and Scardamalia, M (1993). Surpassing Ourselves: An Inquiry into the Nature and Implications of Expertise.
 * Anderson, V., Brown, A. Scardamalia, A., Campione, J. and Bereiter, C. (1995). Continuous assessment (collections for young scholars, masters/grade 3)
 * Bereiter, C., Anderson,A., Brown, A., and Scardamalia, M. (1995). Reproducible Masters - Support for Teacher Tool Cards.
 * Anderson, V., Brown, A., Scardamalia, M., Campione, J., and Bereiter, C. (1995). Essay and writing assessment (collections for oung scholars, masters/grade 3).
 * Bereiter, C. (1997). Collections for Young Scholars: Volume 3, Book 1.
 * Bereiter, C. (1997). Spelling and Vocabulary Skills Annotated Teacher's Edition Grade 5 (SRA Open Court Reading).
 * Bereiter, C., Jager, M., Pressley, A. and Pressley, M. (2000). SRA Open Court Reading: Reading and Writing Workbook, Level 4, Teacher's edition.
 * Koschmann, T., Scardamalia, M., Zimmerman, B.J., and Bereiter, C. (2000). Problem-based Learning: A Research Perspective on Learning Interactions.
 * Bereiter, C. (2002). Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age.
 * Bereiter, C. (2002). Open Court Reading Level 2 Book 2.
 * Smith, B. and Bereiter, C. (2002). Liberal Education in a Knowledge Society.
 * Bereiter, C., Kaplan, S.N. and Pressley, M. (2003). Open Court Classics: Level 3.
 * Bereiter, C., Adams, J., Pressley, M. and Roit, M. (2004). Open Court Reading: Level 4.