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Jerome Bruner: The Cognitive Revolution in Educational Theory
Contributor(s): Olson, David R. (Author), Bailey, Richard (Editor)
ISBN: 0826484026     ISBN-13: 9780826484024
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $242.55  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2008
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Annotation: The Continuum Library of Education Thought series is a major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious project of its kind ever published--a definitive resource for at least a generation.
Each volume includes the following chapters:
1. Intellectual biography
2. Critical exposition of the thinker's work
3. The reception and influence of the work
4. The relevance of the work today
5. Bibliography
6. Index
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Scientists & Psychologists
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2007018518
Series: Continuum Library of Educational Thought
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.45" W x 9.15" (1.01 lbs) 224 pages
 
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A major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft.
Jerome Bruner is indisputably a major thinker in education. David Olson's volume offers the most coherent account of Bruner's educational thought. This work is divided into:
Intellectual biography,
Critical exposition of Bruner's work,
The reception and influence of Bruner's work,
The relevance of the work today and Excerpts from an interview with Jerome Bruner.