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When common sense sees a puzzling phenomenon it looks for a causal agent. When it sees organization it looks for an organizer. This works amazingly well for purposes ranging from the diagnosis of diseases to the creation of governments. But it cannot account for emergence... the appearance of complex phenomena not predictable from the basic elements and processes alone.

Carl Bereiter

Carl Bereiter

Carl Bereiter

Bio: Carl Bereiter is an education researcher, professor emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto known for his research into knowledge building.

Known for:

Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age
The psychology of written composition
Surpassing ourselves
SRA Math: Explorations and Applications
SRA Real Math: Grade 4

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