The Culture of Education
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In a commentary on the possibilities of education, the psychologist Jerome Bruner reveals how education can usher children into their culture, though it often fails to do so. Applying cultural psychology to education, Bruner proposes that the mind reaches its full potential only through participation in the culture - not just its more formal arts and sciences, but its ways of perceiving, thinking, feeling and carrying out discourse. By examining both educational practice and educational theory, Bruner explains ways of approaching many of the classical problems that perplex educators.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674179528
ISBN13:9780674179523
Release Date:May 1996
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"
Customer Reviews
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Practical Bruner
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
What I enjoyed most about Bruner's practical and insightful collection of essays collected in this book is his wisdom. Bruner's contribution to education, after years researching and engineering much of the Cognitive Revolution in psychology, has to be acknowledged. Specifically, I enjoyed his emphasis on "intersubjectivity," a term used to described the process of learning using cultural, social stimuli in collusion with internal cognitive processes. Bruner repeatedly stresses the balance needed to sustain the view that individuals learn within their environment as well as through their biological background. Keep this book in your library; it will be one that you underline and refer to frequently.
Bruner's "The Culture of Education"
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This book is a gift for readers. Maybe not all readers, but those who are genuinely interested in human values and culture. Bruner's ideas are bright and deep, making us understand that the future of education depends on human beings as agents of their destiny. The importance of every culture's history and the transmission of experiences is only possible through human interactions. We cannot be naive and think that technology is not an instrument of culture. It is, and we must acknowledge it, otherwise we will be overridden by it. But, education is only possible by means of intersubjective exchanges: they are the key to the development of human beings.
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