JEROME BRUNER’S Discovery LEARNING & CONSTRUCTIVISM By: Rafael L. Caneo JEROME BRUNER Born in 1915 in New York, Jerome Bruner is considered to be one of the most distinguished thinkers in psychology. In 1937 he obtained a B.A. at Duke University, North Carolina and in 1941 received a Ph.D. from Harvard. He has been a professor at some of the most elite universities in America and England and has been a prolific writer over an illustrious and productive career that has spanned an incredible 60 years. During this time he has touched upon almost every line of thought in psychology and transforming a number of them and in the process winning prestigious awards and honours. He has an impressive range of interests that span the humanities and social sciences and his research has been instrumental in the field of both psychology and education. He is a visionary, a creative thinker who incorporates and assimilates work of other great theorists, such as Piaget, in his work. Bruner who is now in his 80's is currently Research Professor of Psychology and Senior Research Fellow in Law at New York and continues writing to this day. Jerome Bruner He believe that students must be ACTIVE – they must be Must identify key principles for themselves rather than simply accepting teacher’s explanations. This process called DISCOVERY LEARNING.
