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Carl Bereiter

Carl Bereiter. ED 530 Theorist Presentation Summer 2010. Professor at the University of Toronto Cofounder of IKIT (Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology) Member of the US National Academy of Education. Background. CSCL.

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Carl Bereiter

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  1. Carl Bereiter ED 530 Theorist Presentation Summer 2010

  2. Professor at the University of Toronto Cofounder of IKIT (Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology) Member of the US National Academy of Education Background

  3. CSCL • Was the chief pioneer of Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) • CSCL was the first system for networked learning • Created a second system for networked learning called the knowledge forum

  4. Knowledge Building • Developed by Carl Bereiter and Marlene Scarmadalia • Describes what learners need to accomplish to gain knowledge • Addresses the need to educate people for the knowledge age society

  5. Knowledge Building vs. Learning • Knowledge building is…. creating new cognitive artifacts as a result of common goals, group discussion, and synthesis of ideas. • Learning is….. an internal and often unobservable process of that results in the change of beliefs, attitudes, or skills.

  6. 12 Principles of Knowledge Building • Real ideas • Improvable ideas • Idea diversity • Rise above • Epistemic agency • Community knowledge, collective responsibility • Concurrent, embedded, and transformative assessment • Democratizing knowledge • Symmetric knowledge advancement • Pervasive knowledge building • Constructive use of sources • Knowledge building discourse

  7. Real Ideas and Authentic Problems • Learners relate real problems to real life solutions • Learners are aware of their surroundings and how to manipulate their environment

  8. Improvable ideas • Students are regarded as improvable objects • Students have the ability to constantly change and get better

  9. Idea diversity • Students use creative and diverse ideas to solve problems • Students creating ideas is necessary for idea diversity to be successful

  10. Rise Above • Students achieve a higher level of thinking • Students create ideas and improve and understand them through questioning

  11. Epistemic Agency • Students find solutions to real life problems • Students work alone in finding ways to advance

  12. Community Knowledge, Collective Responsibility • Contributing in the classroom for the main purpose of gaining knowledge • Students improve their personal knowledge through improving classroom knowledge as a whole

  13. Democratizing Knowledge • All students are encouraged to participate and add to the classroom setting • Students are crucial in the advancement of the classroom

  14. Symmetric Knowledge Advancement • Having individuals and communitites working together to promote knowledge building activities • Groups work together to provide a reciprocal advance of their knowledge

  15. Pervasive Knowledge Building • Students work together for knowledge team building • Students learn intrapersonal skills such as group and team building

  16. Constructive Uses of Authoritative Sources • All members including the teacher take stock in the improvement and advancement of the classroom • Works well in small and large groups

  17. Knowledge Building Discourse • Students share work with each other to improve knowledge in the classroom • Along the lines of a think, pair, share approach

  18. Concurrent, Embedded, and Transformative Assessment • Students take a global view of what information is around them • Students take an abstract approach to assessments

  19. Works Cited Bereiter, C. (2002). Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age http://ikit.org/people/bereiter.html Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (2007). Toward research-based innovation. In F. Benavides (Ed.), Emerging models for learning and innovation. OECD.

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