Institute for Knowledge Innovation & Technology,
OISE/University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6, Canada
(p) 416.923.6641 ext. 2567 (f) 416.926.2713


Carl Bereiter is co-director of the Education Commons at OISE/University of Toronto, a division that integrates all information and technology services with research and instructional program development. 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 Surpassing Ourselves: An Inquiry into the Nature and Implications of Expertise, "Beyond Bloom’s Taxonomy: Rethinking knowledge for the knowledge age" (in the International Handbook of Educational Change) both co-authored with Scardamalia and Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age. His educational contributions are profiled in Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education (2001).

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (in press). Learning to work creatively with knowledge. In E. De Corte, L. Verschaffel, N. Entwistle, & J. van Merriënboer (Eds.), Unravelling basic components and dimensions of powerful learning environments. EARLI Advances in Learning and Instruction Series. (full text)

Bereiter, C. (2002). Design research for sustained innovation. Cognitive Studies, Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society, 9(3), 321-327. (full text)

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

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1998). Beyond Bloom's Taxonomy: Rethinking knowledge for the Knowledge Age. In A. Hargreaves, A. Lieberman, M. Fullan, & D. Hopkins (Eds.), International handbook of educational change (pp. 675-692). Dordrecht: Kluwer. (full text)

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., Cassells, C., & Hewitt, J. (1997). Postmodernism, knowledge building, and elementary science. Elementary School Journal, 97, 329-340. (full text)

Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1996). Rethinking learning. In D. Olson & N. Torrance (Eds.), Handbook of education and human development: New models of learning, teaching and schooling (pp. 485-513). Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell. (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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