1st Edition

In Search of Pedagogy Volume II The Selected Works of Jerome Bruner, 1979-2006

By Jerome S. Bruner Copyright 2006
250 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Jerome Bruner is one of the best-known and most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. His theories about cognitive development dominate psychology around the world today, but it is in the field of education where his influence has been especially felt. In this two volume set, Bruner has selected and assembled his most important writings about education. Volume I... Read more

Introduction  1. Learning the Mother Tongue  2. Play as a Mode of Constructing the Real   3. Care Away from Home  4. The Language of Education  5. Play, Thought and Language  6. How Mind Begins  7. Narrative and Paradigmatic Modes of Thought  8. Life as Narrative  9. The Meaning of Educational Reform  10. Science, Education and Teachers: A Karplus Lecture  11. Folk Pedagogy  12. What Are We Learning about Learning in Schools?  13. Celebrating Divergence: Piaget and Vygotsky  14. Infancy and Culture: A Story  15. Some Reflections on Educational Research  16. Education Reform  17. A Short History of Psychological Theories of Meaning  18. Culture, Mind and Narrative

  

Biography

Jerome S. Bruner