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Robbie Case Memorial Lecture
The Robbie Case Memorial Lecture features a speaker who will bring the educational and psychology community, and others, together, to help advance our understanding of children’s development and learning.
Robbie Case was born in Barrie, Ontario, in 1944. His post-secondary education began with McGill University, where Robbie received a Bachelor of Science and Psychology degree in 1965, after which he worked abroad in Israel for a year teaching high school English and Physics. Robbie received his Masters in 1968 and his doctoral degree in 1971, with both degrees done here at the University of Toronto. In 1970 and ’71 Robbie worked as a Research Associate at OISE. He became an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in the mid-70s, and he returned to OISE as Associate Professor from 1976 to the late 80s. In 1988, Robbie returned to California, but this time as full Professor at the School of Education at Stanford University.
Robbie Case became a leading researcher in the field of child and adolescent cognitive development, and his work continues to inspire many. Robbie was a gifted and devoted teacher, generous with his time and encouragement. He searched for practical applications of his research, trying to enhance learning for all children and believed that inquiry and problem solving was the most effective way to learn. A leading neo-Piagetian, Robbie Case had developed internationally recognized theories on intellectual development, and was the author of the seminal work, “The Mind’s Staircase: Exploring the Conceptual Underpinnings of Children’s Thought and Knowledge”. He also co-authored “The New Structuralism in Developmental Theory and Research: Analysis of Individual Developmental Pathways.”
Robbie returned to Toronto, and OISE, as Professor in 1993, and in 1999 Robbie was made Professor Emeritus at Stanford. In 2000 he became the Director of the Institute of Child Study. It was a great loss when Robbie died later that year.
THE INSTITUTE OF CHILD STUDY is grateful to the many friends and family of Prof. Robbie Case who contributed to his memorial fund that made this lecture possible. ICS also recognizes the generous support of The Laidlaw Foundation.
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2010 Robbie Case Memorial Lecture
Leading developmental cognitive neuroscientist Dr Adele Diamond spoke about her work with children in her lecture, Resonating with Robbie Case - Continuing His Legacy: Current approaches to optimizing all aspects of a child's development on February 11. View the video.
Dr. Fraser Mustard introduced Dr. Adele Diamond, whose work was highlighted in a Sunday New York Times Magazine feature on children. More background information is available on Dr. Diamond's Lab Website at http://www.devcogneuro.com. Concluding remarks by Prof. Carl Corter, Atkinson Chair, Early Child Development & Education (OISE/ICS).
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