Saturday 11 April 2009

Bruner 1966

learners is active process learners construct new knowledge based upon current or past knowledge.

the practitioner should try to encourage students to discover principles by themselves. the practitioner is responsible for translating the information in to a format that the learner will understand in their current state of underdstanding.

The practitioner should organise the curriculum to scaffold the learning so that the student can build on existing knowledge.

4 major aspects that a theory of learning should address:

1. positive disposition to learning
2. the way in which knowledge is structured so that it can most easily be grasped.
3. the most effective sequence in which to present the material.
the nature and pacing of rewards and punishments.

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