JEROME BRUNER

By Katelyn Barnhill, Katelyn Keeton, and Lindsey Fortner

FUN FACTSBorn blind in New York City to two Polish immigrant parents

Attended Duke

Received PhD from Harvard

Worked for US Army as a social psychiatrist.

WORKS

The Process of Education

Towards a Theory of Instruction

LEARNING MODES

WHAT HE BELIEVED

Enactive• 0-1 years• Action based information

WHAT HE BELIEVED

Iconic• 1-6 years• Learns through models and pictures

WHAT HE BELIEVED

Symbolic• 7+• Applying more concrete truths to create more

abstract thoughts