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BRUNER
Constructivist Theory
About the Originator
Jerome Seymour Bruner was born
in New York City on October 1st
1915 to Polish immigrants.
Formerly blind.
Received his first B.A degree from
Duke University (1937), then his Ph.
D. from Harvard (1947)
A leading educational and cognitive
psychologist and one of the founder
of constructivism.
He is 94 years old.
About the Theory
Constructivist theory places emphasis on the development of
self-learning (student-centred).