Article:The Process of Education: The Importance of Structure
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Bruner (1977) suggests that learning experience should not only “take us somewhere”, but it should allow the learner to build future knowledge easier. He saw learning as a “continual broadening and deepening of knowledge in-terms of basic and general ideas” (Bruner, 1997 pg. 17)
One of the problems that he brings up is how to create a curricula that could "be taught by ordinary teachers to ordinary students, and at the same time reflect clearly the basic or underlying principles."
- how to rewrite content to so that the "powerful ideas" and attitude are the main focus
- how to match the level of the original content to the varying levels of the students,
Human memory needs detailed material in order to not be forgotten. These details are what "carry the meaning of an event". (scientific formulas)
It also helps to understand something as a "specific instance of something more general". This way you could use this model to apply it in various different events
Examinations of either objective or essays could be devised i a way to emphasis the understanding of broad principles of the subject matter.
Quotes
- "learning should not only allow us to go somewhere; it should also allow us to go further more easily"
