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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Background
Professor at the University of Toronto
Cofounder of IKIT (Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology)
Member of the US National Academy of Education
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
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
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.
12 Principles of Knowledge Building
Real ideasImprovable ideasIdea diversityRise aboveEpistemic agencyCommunity knowledge,
collective responsibilityConcurrent, embedded,
and transformative assessment
Democratizing knowledgeSymmetric knowledge
advancementPervasive knowledge
buildingConstructive use of
sourcesKnowledge building
discourse
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
Improvable ideas
Students are regarded as improvable objects
Students have the ability to constantly change and get better
Idea diversity
Students use creative and diverse ideas to solve problems
Students creating ideas is necessary for idea diversity to be successful
Rise AboveStudents achieve a higher level of thinking
Students create ideas and improve and understand them through questioning
Epistemic AgencyStudents find solutions to real life problems
Students work alone in finding ways to advance
Community Knowledge, Collective ResponsibilityContributing in the classroom for the main
purpose of gaining knowledge
Students improve their personal knowledge through improving classroom knowledge as a whole
Democratizing KnowledgeAll students are encouraged to participate
and add to the classroom setting
Students are crucial in the advancement of the classroom
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
Pervasive Knowledge Building
Students work together for knowledge team building
Students learn intrapersonal skills such as group and team building
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
Knowledge Building Discourse
Students share work with each other to improve knowledge in the classroom
Along the lines of a think, pair, share approach
Concurrent, Embedded, and Transformative Assessment
Students take a global view of what information is around them
Students take an abstract approach to assessments
Works CitedBereiter, 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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