Jerome Bruner: Shaping Education Through the Cognitive Revolution

Explore the life and work of Jerome Bruner, a pioneering psychologist, multidisciplinarian, and educator who transformed the study of learning. Discover how Bruner’s early experiences, including his corrective surgery for cataracts and his upbringing in New York City, influenced his path in education and cognitive psychology.Learn about Bruner’s role in moving psychology beyond rigid behaviorist frameworks, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of mental processes in learning. Explore Bruner’s belief that learners construct their own understanding through active discovery, and how this philosophy supports student-centered teaching methods.Hear about practical implications of scaffolding and spiral curricula in the classroom.Hear how Bruner’s work on narrative psychology informs our understanding of learning as a process of constructing and sharing stories.For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.