Katerine Bielaczyc

Associate Professor, Education

Dr. Bielaczyc received a B.Sc. Honours in computer science from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and a Master’s and Ph.D. in education from The University of California at Berkeley. She has been at Clark since 2012.

Dr. Bielaczyc’s research involves collaborating with students, teachers, and school communities to investigate new approaches to teaching and learning.  Her work focuses on developing both technological and social infrastructures to support participants in working together as a knowledge building community to create knowledge regarding personal, pedagogical, and systemic transformation. 

Before joining Clark, she was Deputy Head of the Learning Sciences Lab at the National Institute of Education in Singapore, Assistant Professor at Harvard University jointly in Teacher Education and Technology in Education, a Senior Scientist at Bolt, Beranek, and Newman, and Director of the Learning Communities Research Group at Boston College.  Dr. Bielaczyc has also collaborated on educational projects in Europe and South America. 

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1994
  • B.S. in Computer Science, University of Edinburgh, 1987

Affiliated Department

Education

Scholarly and creative works

  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Cultivating Emotional Connectedness as a Tool for Developing an Anti-Racist Teaching Practice

    Published in Journal of Teacher Education
    2022
    Katerine Bielaczyc, Nastasia Lawton-Sticklor
  • Presentations

    Exploring Epistemological Stances of Research With

    American Education Research Association Conference
    Online
    April
    2021
    Sponsored by American Education Research Association
    Katerine Bielaczyc, Nastasia Lawton-Sticklor
  • Presentations

    Cultivating a Community of Inquiry: Exploring How Partnerships Impact Identities and Practices

    UPENN Ethnography in Education Research Forum
    Online
    February
    2021
    Sponsored by University of Pennsylvania
    Katerine Bielaczyc, Raphael E. Rogers, Nastasia Lawton-Sticklor, Jennifer Ha, Yaa Brefo, Debrin Adon, Klein Ngoga, Dimas Blanco, Scott Bodamer
  • Presentations

    Cultivating Knowledge Building Communities as Teachers of Adult Learners

    Aeres Hoge School Wageningen
    The Netherlands
    November
    2021
    Katerine Bielaczyc
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Knowledge building: Aligning education with needs for knowledge creation in the digital age.

    Published in Educational Technology Research and Development.
    2021
    Katerine Bielaczyc, Seng Chee Tan, Carol Chan, Ma Leanne, Scardamalia Marlene, Bereiter Carl
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Technology can play an important role in supporting students in engaging in collective inquiry in How Important Is Technology in Education

    Katerine Bielaczyc
  • Chapters In Books

    International Handbook of Inquiry and Learning
    Chapter: Community-level design considerations in communities of inquiry

    Published by Routlege
    2021
    Katerine Bielaczyc
  • Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

    Transmedia sensemaking: Exploring youth’s epistemic resources for knowledge building communities
    Proceedings of the 2020 Knowledge Building Summer Institute

    International Knowledge Building Summer Institute
    Online
    November
    2020
    Katerine Bielaczyc
  • Presentations

    Transmedia sensemaking: Exploring youth’s epistemic resources for knowledge building communities

    International Knowledge Building Summer Institute
    Online
    November
    2020
    Sponsored by Knowledge Building International
    Katerine Bielaczyc

Awards and grants

  • Project CODY (Computer Science and Digital Literacy)

    Hoche-Scofield Foundation

    clock icon Jan. 1, 2021 – Dec. 31, 2021
  • Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 2019

    NSF

    clock icon Jul. 1, 2019 – Jun. 30, 2020