BRUNER'S CONSRUCTIVIST
THEORY
OBJECTIVES:
1. Explain the individual's ability and development
to represent knowledge.
2. Differentiate and discuss the kinds of identity,
equivalent and coding.
3.Explain how spiral curriculum works.
Jeyrome Seymour Bruner – one of the first
proponents of constructivism.
Constructivism – is an epistemological belief
about what "knowing" is and how one "come to
know".
" Learning is an active process in which
learners construct new ideas or concepts
based upon their Current / past knowledge "
BRUNER‘S MAIN
CONCEPTS
1. Representation –
Modes of presenting
understanding:
a. Enactive
representation –
children learn about
the world through
actions on physical
objects and the
outcomes of these
actions
b. Iconic representation
– obtained through
using models and
pictures.
c. Symbolic
representation – the
learner has developed the
ability to think abstract
terms.
BRUNER‘S MAIN
CONCEPTS
2. Spiral Curriculum-
instruction needs to be
anchored on the
learners cognitive
capabilities.
1. Readiness
2. spiral Organization
3. Going beyond the
the information given
3. Discovering Learning- refers to obtaining knowledge for onself.
Major Aspects in the theory of Instruction:
a. Predisposition to learn – "readiness for learning“ desire to learn and to
undertake problem solving could be activated by disiving problem activities
in which students would pique students curiosity.
b. Structure of Knowledge – the ways in which a body of knowledge can be
structured so that it can be most readily gasped by the learner.
c. Effective Sequencing – presentation of lessons in increasing difficulty.
d. Reinforcement –rewards and punishment that should be selected and
paced appropriately
.
4. Categorization – Bruner believed that perception, conceptualization,
learning, decision making, and making inferences all involved categorization.
Kinds of categories
1. Identity Categories – include objects based on their attributes or features.
2. Equivalent Categories – provide rules for combining categories.
3. Coding System – serve to recognize sensory input.
Thank you!
That would be all.
