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Bruner –
Bruner's constructivist theory is based upon the study of cognition. A major theme in this theory is that "learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current/past knowledge" (Kearsely 1994b). Cognitive structures are used to provide meaning and organization to experiences and allows the individual to go beyond the information given.
According to Bruner, the instructor should try and encourage students to construct hypotheses, makes decisions, and discover principles by themselves (Kearsley 1994b). The instructor's task is to "translate information to be learned into a format appropriate to the learner's current state of understanding" and organize it in a spiral manner "so that the student continually builds upon what they have already learned."
As far as instruction is concerned, the instructor should try and encourage students to discover principles by themselves. The instructor and student should engage in an active dialog (i.e., Socratic learning). The task of the instructor is to translate information to be learned into a format appropriate to the learner's current state of understanding. Curriculum should be organized in a spiral manner so that the student continually builds upon what they have already learned.
Like Piaget and Vygotsky, Bruner believes the child has to learn for itself by making sense of its own environment. In fact Bruner could be seen as an ‘extreme constructivist’ since he believes the World we experience is a product of our mind. What we perceive and think of as our World is constructed through our mind as a product of symbolic processes.
Bruner rejected the idea of stages as popularized by Piaget and to a lesser extent Vygotsky. Rather than looking at the ages of developmental changes Bruner concentrates more on how knowledge is represented and organized as the child develops.
Unlike Piaget and Vygotsky, neither of whom tailored their work directly towards...
Bruner's constructivist theory is based upon the study of cognition. A major theme in this theory is that "learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current/past knowledge" (Kearsely 1994b). Cognitive structures are used to provide meaning and organization to experiences and allows the individual to go beyond the information given.
According to Bruner, the instructor should try and encourage students to construct hypotheses, makes decisions, and discover principles by themselves (Kearsley 1994b). The instructor's task is to "translate information to be learned into a format appropriate to the learner's current state of understanding" and organize it in a spiral manner "so that the student continually builds upon what they have already learned."
As far as instruction is concerned, the instructor should try and encourage students to discover principles by themselves. The instructor and student should engage in an active dialog (i.e., Socratic learning). The task of the instructor is to translate information to be learned into a format appropriate to the learner's current state of understanding. Curriculum should be organized in a spiral manner so that the student continually builds upon what they have already learned.
Like Piaget and Vygotsky, Bruner believes the child has to learn for itself by making sense of its own environment. In fact Bruner could be seen as an ‘extreme constructivist’ since he believes the World we experience is a product of our mind. What we perceive and think of as our World is constructed through our mind as a product of symbolic processes.
Bruner rejected the idea of stages as popularized by Piaget and to a lesser extent Vygotsky. Rather than looking at the ages of developmental changes Bruner concentrates more on how knowledge is represented and organized as the child develops.
Unlike Piaget and Vygotsky, neither of whom tailored their work directly towards...