GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
BRUNERS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THEORY
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Current/Past knowledge
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What their parents tell them
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What their teacher tells them
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What they read in the text book
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Detailed explanation-1: -A major theme in the theoretical framework of Bruner is that learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current/past knowledge. The learner selects and transforms information, constructs hypotheses, and makes decisions, relying on a cognitive structure to do so.
Detailed explanation-2: -Example. This example is taken from Bruner (1973): “The concept of prime numbers appears to be more readily grasped when the child, through construction, discovers that certain handfuls of beans cannot be laid out in completed rows and columns.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jerome Bruner’s Theory of Development is based on the assumption that we learn best when we go from concrete to abstract in a three-step process: First comes hands-on “Action”, then learning with “Images” and finally students transform what they’ve learned into “Language”.
Detailed explanation-4: -Social constructivism explains that learners actively construct their own knowledge through experiences and interactions with others (Bruner, 1966; Vygotsky, 1962). Bruner’s views are particularly valuable in conceptualising social constructivism.