CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bruner believed development does not consist of discrete stages but is a continuous process. He also believed language is a cause and not a consequence of learning. He believed that more knowledgeable people play a major role in the cognitive development of a learner and that you could speed-up the learning process.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bruner states that what determines the level of intellectual development is the extent to which the child has been given appropriate instruction together with practice or experience. So-the right way of presentation and the right explanation will enable a child to grasp a concept usually only understood by an adult.

Detailed explanation-3: -Piaget and Bruner were two influential theorists of cognitive development and both agreed that cognitive development took place in stages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although both Bruner and Piaget emphasized the social context as being important for cognitive development, [10] Bruner was more firmly placed within the framework, often referred to as social constructivism or sociocultural theory [1] [8], whereas Piaget’s orientation was towards individual thinking.