Carl Bereiter is an education researcher, professor emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. In collaboration with Marlene Scardamalia introduced and developed the notion of ”knowledge building” in educational research. (.Wikipedia). He is one of the pioneers of Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL). He is considered a modern thinker on education. His two main educational objectives are:
1. To increase the quality of the knowledge the students acquire
2. To develop their competencies in dealing with knowledge as an object.
Bereiter writes extensively on education with questions about youth and equipping them for the 21st Century. He writes “ I have some aversion to thinking of education in economic terms, but the predicted changes to which education is supposed to have a response are either economic changes, such as globalisation and the ascendancy of knowledge-based industries, or there are other kinds of changes with serious economic implications, such as changing demographic profiles of student populations and the workforce.” And as a solution, his whole thrust seems to be: reach the children online sooner ie. the younger you educate them with more the better – it reflects a kind of acquisitive panic in the world to be the most up-to-date with the most of everything the soonest.
Every individual contributes to a growing body of information
The creation of new knowledge is everyone’s most important work
Shared knowledge leads to innovation and growth
Bereiter in making education ‘relevant to the changing world’ completely embraces ONLINE LEARNING with all the constructivist educator’s terminology.
http://www.knowledgeforum.com/au