Discovery Learning: Jerome Bruner

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Discovery LearningJerome Bruner

• Joyce Yang
• Jared Stricklin
• Chris Britt

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Jerome Bruner
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A Brief Biography

• Born in New York in 1915
• Educated at Duke
• PhD from Harvard
• Professor of Psychology at Harvard
• Published Several Books

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Quotes

• It is the mind, not behavior, that is lawful.
• To educate is essentially to form.
• Learning to be a scientist is not the same as
  learning science.
• Its time to come together so we can truthfully
  say in America No child will be left behind.

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Discovery Learning

• What is it?
• Tools and Information for Problem Solving
• Interact with the Process and the Actual
  Experimentation
• Most successful process

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Discovery Learning

• When Does it Occur?
• In Problem Solving
• Past Experience
• Cooperative Learning

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Discovery Learning

• How is it Applied?
• Creativity
• Role in Learning
• Problem Solving Strategies

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Exploring Ancient Architecture

• Computer-base multi-media presentation
• Materials include
• Images
• Video clips
• Narration

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3 Principles of Instruction

• Readiness Willingness
• Structured Organized
• Extrapolation

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Quotes

• It is the mind, not behavior, that is lawful.
• To educate is essentially to form.
• Learning to be a scientist is not the same as
  learning science.
• Its time to come together so we can truthfully
  say in America No child will be left behind.

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Quotes

• It is the mind, not behavior, that is lawful.
• Steven Pinker The Blank Slate
• To educate is essentially to form.
• Paulo Freire Pedagogy of Freedom
• Learning to be a scientist is not the same as
  learning science.
• Jerome Bruner
• Its time to come together so we can truthfully
  say in America No child will be left behind.
• President George W. Bush, 2001

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References

• www.quotationspage.com
• www.nwlink.com/donclark/hrd/history/discovery.htm
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• http//tip.psychology.org/bruner.html
• http//www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Bruner
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• http//coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/discoverylearn/in
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