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(1915-2016)

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Bruner states, "The mastery of the fundamental ideas of a field involves not only the grasp of learning and inquiry, toward guessing and hunches, toward the possibility of solving problems on one's own," (Boettcher, 13).

Essentially, it is using knowledge that one already has (using it as a foundation), and building on top of it.

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Interesting points about Constructivism 

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Interesting points about Constructivism 

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"Learning is an active process."
"Learning is a social activity," (Dewey, 1938)
" The primary responsibility of the teacher is to create a collaborative problem-solving environment where students become active participants in their own learning."

McLeod, S. A. (2019, July 17). Constructivism as a theory for teaching and learning. Simply Psychology. www.simplypsychology.org/constructivism.html

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Bruner inspires me because I really believe in scaffolding. Teaching a concept that some students may be familiar in, demonstrating how to do it, and then having them actively figure out what to do. Students need support and positive feedback to help them actively learn. I also love using examples of personal stories/experiences and how it relates to the material. For example, we were talking about fear associated with Halloween in a 10th grade class in which we were reading how fear affects the mind. I asked students for examples of how they related to Halloween and fear. One student recounted a story about how they broke their foot on Halloween, and how they will never forget the experience because of being scared, in pain, and what day it was. They related this story in their analysis summaries. By giving students a peer-lead example, they were able to understand what they had to do for the assignment.

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I think if Bruner were teach online, it would definitely have to be a synchronous Zoom course with student participation. Maybe even two class meetings per week. I think he would have started off with some kind of survey on whatever he was teaching, he would assess each students foundational knowledge and then build from there. Each new class would definitely would touch on what the students learned previously.

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"The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think." (Bruner)