Jerome Bruner: The Cognitive Revolution in Educational Theory

By David H. Olson

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826484026
• ISBN13: 9780826484024
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.2"