Plumilla Educativa 7.pdf - Universidad de Manizales

Jerome Seymour BrunerJerome Seymour Bruner, born in NewYork in 1915. Is a psychologist andeducator. He served in departmentof Cognitive Psychology at the Universityof Harvard and, with G. Millerfounded the Center for CognitiveStudies, considered the first center ofcognitive psychology. Jerome Brunerwas director of the center, located inthe same Harvard University, whereB. F. Skinner taught his theory ofoperant learning. He later moved toEngland where dictate classes at theUniversity of Oxford. Bruner distinguishesthree basic modes by whichman represent the reality. These arethe ways acting (inactive), iconic and symbolic.Plumilla EducativaSome of the books published by Bruner.• The process of education.• A Study of Thinking.• Studies in Cognitive growth.• Toward a Theory of Instruction.• Going Beyond the Information Given.• Child’s Talk: Learning to Use Language.• The importance of education.• Actual Minds, Possible Worlds.• Acts of meaning.• Education, Culture door.Currently (2010) Bruner continues giving his knowledge at several universities, butmainly in New York. He has received numerous awards from institutions around theworld.Universidad de Manizales • 9