Vanina Bouzi Paula Davis Kyoko Fujimoto Mivule Basibye Mabingo Rachel Scott Eunhye Yoo
Selected Bibliography 1961 The Process of Education 1979 On Knowing : Essays for the Left Hand 1986 Actual Minds, Possible Worlds 1990 Acts of Meaning 1996 The Culture of Education 2002 Making Stories
The Process Of Education (1961) Four Themes: 1.The importance of structure 2.Readiness for learning 3.Intuitive and analytic thinking 4.Motives for teaching
On Knowing :Essays for the Left Hand (1979) Left hand Creativity Intellectual temptation The art of teaching
Actual Minds, Possible Worlds (1986) Expectations (castles) Math and Science are universal Arts and Humanities are subjective M & S + A & H = Ideal Learning
Acts of Meaning (1990) Folk psychology Narrative Self
The Culture of Education (1996) Cultural psychology School as culture Models of learner's mind Self-generated discovery
Making Stories (2002) Story Making: purpose and perspective, importance of peripetia (trouble) Narrative is in contrast to logic or science, and possible worlds of fiction. It introduces unfamiliar concepts to students. Narrative in law, literature, self, in medicine
Possible Spiral Images
Intra-disciplinary
Collaborative
Interdisciplinary
Bruner Dance Class The Swirling Spiral Downward Spiral Dog Korean Traditional Dance + Ballet Korean Ballet
Questions for Bruner What does your spiral look like? How would you assess students progress/comprehension based on your spiral curriculum?
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