Jerome Bruner
An influential cognitive psychologist who made significant contributions to educational psychology, perception, and the study of narrative.
Quotes by Jerome Bruner
The curriculum of a subject should be determined by the most fundamental understanding that can be achieved of the underlying principles.
Interest in a subject is no guarantee of learning.
The spiral curriculum is based on the idea that subjects should be taught at increasing levels of difficulty.
To perceive is to construct a reality.
Language is not a mere tool for communication; it is a way of organizing experience.
Education after the 14th century will be a matter of creating a world.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
We are storytelling animals.
The function of education is to help people to think for themselves.
Reality is negotiated.
Discovery learning is the process by which the learner constructs knowledge.
The teacher's role is to facilitate discovery.
Meaning is constructed through interaction.
Cognitive growth is a spiral process.
Narrative is the way we make sense of the world.
Education must be active, not passive.
The self is a narrative construction.
Learning is social.
Intuition is the bridge between the known and the unknown.
The world is full of surprises.