Descriptive Reflection
Jerome Bruner’s Constructivist Learning Theory is based on the concept of categorization. Bruner states that a person of any age, even very young children, are capable of understanding any concept provided the instruction is within the realm of their ability to comprehend and perform. This is similar to the concept of domain specific learning. Bruner’s idea of building up specific knowledge is based on Bloom’s Taxonomy .
Bruner requires the following principles for learning; a readiness to learn, an appropriate teaching method that suits the student and an effective sequence in which to present the material if this is successful the end result should be that the student reaches a point where they can go beyond the given information and draw their own conclusions based on their individual knowledge and problem solving ability (Wikipedia, 2007).
Critical Reflection
Like Piaget, Bruner’s ideas are classified as cognitive constructionist theory however Bruner seems to be a bit more in tune with the concept of domain specific learning, as opposed to Piaget who generalised broad stages of development. Bruner’s stages of development in children are based on three representations but these stages are not as rigid as Piaget’s and “translate” into one another. As teacher’s we can take from Bruner the concept that just because a student possesses an advanced understanding in one subject area this does mean this immediately apply to other areas of learning. As facilitators of learning we need to be aware of how best to guide students in making discoveries for themselves.
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