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Jerome Bruner
-Born on October 1, 1915. -Born to two Polish immigrants. -Bruner was one of the founding fathers of constructivist theory. A theory on how people learn. -
Bruners birthplace
-Bruner was born in the city of Long Island. -
Bruners Birthplace
Long Island is an island located just off the northeast coast of the United States and a region within the U.S. state of New York. -
Bruner's Blindness
Bruner was born blind.
At the age of three he had cataract surgery and his eye sight was restored. -
Fathers Death
Bruners dad died when he was 12 years old.
His father left him an inheritance from his watch making buisness.
This money gave Bruner the privilage of studying at the most prestigious universities. -
Bruner's Education
-Bruner has attended and worked for many universities, but he first got started at Duke University. -Bruner recieved his B.A. in psychology at Duke. -Duke is a private university, located in Durham, North Carolina
-Their mascot is a blue devil -
Harvard University
-Bruner recieved his PH.D. from Harvard University, a private ivy league university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
-Their mascot is a Piligram.
-Barak Obama graduated from Harvard Law University. -
Return to Harvard
Bruner returned to Harvard as a psychology professor and was heavily involved in research relating to cognitive psychology and educational psychology. -
Promoted a Spiral Cirriculum
Bruner eventually turned his attention to developmental and educational psychology, with an interest in how children learn. He argued that the goal of teaching isn't to pass on knowledge, but to teach students to think and solve problems for themselves. -
President Eisenhower
During World War II, Bruner served on the Psychological Warfare Division of the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force Europe committee. He served under president Eisenhower, researching social psychological phenomena Eisenhower was the 34th U.S. president from 1953-1961 -
President John F. Kennedy
Under Kennedy's presidency, Bruner helped start the educational reform movement in the U.S. under the President's Science Advisory Committee. -
Head Start
Bruner helped found Head Start. Head Start is a program that provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families -
Bruner Published Book
Acts of Meaning published in 1990. Book is on cognitive thinking. -
NYU LAW
Bruner joined the faculty at New York University.
He is a current teacher there and conducts research.
He studies how psychology affects legal practice. "To my delight," he says, "my colleagues and students at the Law School have proved to be real allies in helping us all understand how the law shapes our thinking, talking, and feeling and, in turn, is shaped by them."-Bruner -
Bruner Publishes Book
Publishes, The Culture of Our Education. The book discusses how our own culture shapes our minds that we use to make sense of the things around us and construct our worlds. -
Published Book
Published: In search of pedagogy : the selected works of Jerome S. Bruner -
Bruner turns 100 years old
At the age of 100, he still is a professor and continues to contribute to the field of psychology.
