Scardamalia

Marlene Scardamalia In progress []
 * ==Contents==
 * [|1] [|Theorist]
 * [|2] [|Biography]
 * [|3] [|List of Works]
 * [|4] [|Weblinks]
 * [|5] [|Media]
 * [|6] [|Sources] ||

[[|edit]] Theorist
Dr. Marlene Scardamalia is currently a professor at OISE (Ontario Institute for studies in Education) in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning. (From: [|[1]]) [|Return to Top] 

[[|edit]] Biography
Dr. Scardamalia received a B.A. in English (Teaching Certificate) from Clarion State College in 1966, an M.S. in Educational Research-Educational Psychology, from Bucknell University in 1968, and a Ph.D. in Applied Psychology from the University of Toronto, Institute for Studies in Education in 1973. Dr. Scardamalia is also the current Presidents' Chair in Education and Knowledge Technologies, University of Toronto, and Director of the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology (IKIT). (From: [|[2]]) Dr. Scardamalia conducts research and publishes extensively on cognitive processes, intentional learning, knowledge creation, psychology of writing, expertise, and the design of computer-supported learning environments. (From: [|[3]]) Together with [|Carl Bereiter], she co-founded the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology (IKIT) [|[4]] and developed Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments (CSILE), [|[5]] the first networked system to support collaborative learning. The institute [|[6]] aims to increase and improve the quality of knowledge that learners accumulate, and develop learner abilities and skills in using knowledge as an object. Knowledge Forum [|[7]] is the current version of the CSILE system: it is being used worldwide, from elementary to university level. Underlying these developments and products is [[Knowledge Building Theory], which Marlene Scardamalia, and [|Carl Bereiter] posited and developed. [|Knowledge Building Theory] explicitly differentiates Knowledge Building from other teaching and learning practices that are deemed constructivist in design and process, such as collaborative learning, guided discovery, project-base learning, communities of learners, [|communities of practice] and [|anchored instruction]" (From [|[8]]) A complete list of Dr. Scardamalia's numerous honors, including academic, scholarly, and professional awards, are listed here at: [] [|Return to Top]

[[|edit]] List of Works
Marlene Scardamalia's publications cover a wide variety of topics around instruction, intentional learning, Knowledge Building, and computer-supported learning environments (CSLE). We present a small sample with a link to further works below: Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (1987). The psychology of written composition. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Scardamalia, Marlene and Bereiter, Carl, Schools as Knowledge-Building Organizations, in: Today's children, tomorrow's society: The developmental health and wealth of nations, pages 274--289, Guildford, 1999 Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (2003). Knowledge building. In Encyclopedia of education, second edition. (pp. 1370-1373). New York: Macmillan Scardamalia, Marlene and Bereiter, Carl, Does Education for the Knowledge Age Need a New Science? (2005), in: European Journal of School Psychology, 3:1(263--282) Reference, USA. Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (2007). Toward research-based innovation. In F. Benavides (Ed.), Emerging models for learning and innovation. OECD. A comprehensive list of her numerous and varied publications are listed on Dr. Scardamalia's Curriculum Vitae available from [] [|Return to Top] 

[[|edit]] Weblinks
Microsoft Academic at: [|[9]] Sardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (2010). A brief history of knowledge building. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 36(1). Available for download at: [|[10]] [|Return to Top] 

[[|edit]] Media
Dr. Scardamalia presents Knowledge Building ideas in a video recording from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto at: [|[11]] An introductory audio-visual presentation-tour of Knowledge Forum from: [] View Dr. Scardamalia's presentation, //New Assessments and environments for Knowledge Building: Design Challenges//, at the Knowledge Building Summer Institute, Toronto, Canada, 2010 At: [] [|Return to Top] 

[[|edit]] Sources
Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, University of Toronto: [|[12]] Marlene Scardamalia's Curriculum Vitae at: [] Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, University of Toronto: [|[13]] Faculty Profiles at: [] The Institute for Knowledge Innovation & Technology, University of Toronto: [] IKIT, Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology at: [] Knowledge Forum, a registered trademark of Knowledge Building Concepts, Inc. at: [] [|Return to Top]