Educational Psychology / Unit 1 EDP 0010 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Bruner and Discovery Learning
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The idea
Jerome Bruner brought Jean Piaget's ideas into educational psychology and championed discovery learning, in which students question, explore and experiment to solve problems.
In practice
A teacher sets up a puzzle and lets students work toward the principle themselves.
Where people slip
Bruner stressed the structure of each subject and helped develop Head Start. How much guidance discovery needs remains debated.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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