5 Quotes & Sayings By Jerome Bruner

Jerome Bruner's work has engaged many scholars, philosophers, and psychologists. He is known for his work in the fields of cognitive psychology, the sociology of education, and social theory. Bruners most influential work, The Life of the Mind (1991), explores the role of social interactions in shaping mental life. His book The Culture of Educations (2006) investigates the influence of school culture on teachers' classroom practice Read more

He has also written on culture and mental health.

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Being able to "go beyond the information" given to "figure things out" is one of the few untarnishable joys of life. One of the great triumphs of learning (and of teaching) is to get things organised in your head in a way that permits you to know more than you "ought" to. And this takes reflection, brooding about what it is that you know. The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace - the thousand pictures. . Jerome Bruner
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In sum, then, "thinking about thinking" has to be a principal ingredient of any empowering practice of education. Jerome Bruner
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There is a deep question whether the possible meanings that emerge from an effort to explain the experience of art may not mask the real meanings of a work of art. Jerome Bruner
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Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them. Jerome Bruner