Margaret E. Bérci

Margaret E. Bérci is an Associate Professor of Education at the College of Staten Island, CUNY. Prior to coming to New York, she gained experience with different levels of education in Alberta, the Canadian province that has been a leader in Social Studies education reform. Dr. Bérci’s research pursues the philosophical foundations of self-knowledge. This passion translates into eclectic projects in the field of teacher education that focus on teacher self-development, teachers' ways of knowing, place-based education, critical pedagogy, problem-based learning, and effects of technology on curriculum and learning. All of these interests, fueled by the work of British philosopher, R.G. Collingwood, find a home in the applied world of Social Studies where she locates diverse and integrated methodologies for educating the Social Studies teacher to become a guide for the development of K-12 students’ democratic decision-making skills.

Publications

Academic Knowledge Construction and Multimodal Curriculum Development
Academic Knowledge Construction and Multimodal Curriculum Development
Douglas J. Loveless, Bryant Griffith, Margaret E. Bérci, Evan Ortlieb, Pamela M. Sullivan. © 2014. 487 pages.
While incorporating digital technologies into the classroom has offered new ways of teaching and learning into educational processes, it is essential to take a look at how the...