Jerome Bruner: Shaping Education Through the Cognitive Revolution
Explore the life and work of Jerome Bruner, a pioneering psychologist, multidisciplinarian, and educator who transformed the study of learning.
- Discover how Bruner’s early experiences, including his corrective surgery for cataracts and his upbringing in New York City, influenced his path in education and cognitive psychology.
- Learn about Bruner’s role in moving psychology beyond rigid behaviorist frameworks, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of mental processes in learning. Explore Bruner’s belief that learners construct their own understanding through active discovery, and how this philosophy supports student-centered teaching methods.
- Hear about practical implications of scaffolding and spiral curricula in the classroom.
- Hear how Bruner’s work on narrative psychology informs our understanding of learning as a process of constructing and sharing stories.
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Jerome S. Bruner, influential psychologist of perception, dies at 100 – The Washington Post
The Cognitive Revolution — Harvard Gazette
Jerome Bruner | Department of Psychology
Episode 112 – Behaviorism in Education: The Legacy of B.F. Skinner – 16:1
Dr. Jerome Bruner Speaks at Columbia Teachers College: “Educating a Sense of the Possible”
Jerome S. Bruner, 1915-2016 | Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
Full article: The early history of the scaffolding metaphor: Bernstein, Luria, Vygotsky, and before
Scaffolding research: Taking stock at the four-decade mark – ScienceDirect
The Narrative Construction of Reality
Painting found at garage sale is a Van Gogh, experts say | CNN
Jerome Bruner | Department of Psychology.
Child Development Theories: Jerome Bruner
THE COURSE OF COGNITIVE GROWTH
The Narrative Construction of Reality
Chaos: Making a New Science – Wikipedia
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