Jerome Seymour Bruner Poradie kníh

Stories pervade our daily lives, from human interest news items, to a business strategy, to daydreams between chores. Stories are what we use to make sense of the world. But how does this work? This text examines this pervasive human habit and suggests ways to think about how we use stories. schovat popis

In a masterly commentary on the possibilities of education, Bruner reveals how education can usher children into their culture, though it often fails to do so. Bruner looks past the issue of achieving individual competence to the question of how education equips individuals to participate in the culture on which life and livelihood depend.

Argues that the idea of the mind as an information processor has led psychology away from seeing the mind as a creator of meanings. Only by breaking out of the limitations of a computational model of mind can we grasp the interaction through which mind constitutes and is constituted by culture.

Ein berühmter Psychologe wollte mehr darüber wissen, wann und wie das Kind die Sprache erwirbt: Er stellt fest, dass dieser Lernprozess eingebettet ist in ein 'System der Weitergabe unserer Kultur': Nach Bruner lernt das Kind nicht nur, wie es sich ausdrücken soll, sondern auch und gleichzeitig, welche Normen und Werte unter denen gelten, an die es sich mit seinen Worten wendet.

The Mind of a Mnemonist is a rare phenomenon--a scientific study that transcends its data and, in the manner of the best fictional literature, fashions a portrait of an unforgettable human being.

Offers a psychological approach to literature, examines the connection between language and reality, and discusses education and intellectual development.