Jerome Bruner The Cognitive Revolution in Educational Theory

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Summary

Jerome Bruner is indisputably a major thinker in education.

Intellectual Biography	p. 1
The Making of St. Jerome	p. 3
Critical Exposition of Bruner's Work	p. 11
Bruner's Psychology and the Cognitive Revolution	p. 13
Bruner's 'Fresh Look' at Education	p. 31
From Educational Theory to Educational Practice	p. 42
From Practice Back to Educational Theory	p. 50
The Reception of Bruner's Work	p. 61
The Intellectual Uptake: The Debate About Education and Human Development	p. 63
Institutional Uptake: Bruner's Theory and Educational Reform	p. 78
The Relevance of Bruner's Theory to the Ongoing Educational Debates	p. 101
Appraisals: The Bruner Legacy	p. 103
Brunerian Perspectives on the Way Forward: An Anthropology of Schooling	p. 114
Brunerian Perspectives on the Way Forward: A Cognitive Theory of Pedagogy	p. 127
Excerpts from an Interview with Jerome Bruner, 8 February 2005	p. 139
On Constructing Meaning	p. 142
How Bruner Became Interested in Education	p. 147
Teaching the Hypothetical	p. 154
On Dewey	p. 161
Reggio Emilia and International Comparisons	p. 166
The Meaning of Assessment	p. 172
Trajectories of Bruner's Thinking	p. 175
Head Start and School Reform	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 186
Index	p. 195
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