A few years ago, Jerome Bruner visited a graduate seminar I teach at New York University about educational research and politics. I told Jerry that I agreed with almost everything he wrote about ...

“A fox was walking along a river and saw fish rushing to and fro. Said he to them: ‘What are you fleeing?’ “Said they to him: ‘The nets that the humans spread for us.’ “Said he to them: ‘Why don’t you ...

The American psychologist and educationist Jerome Bruner, who has died aged 100, repeatedly challenged orthodoxies and generated novel directions. His elegant, accessible writing reached wide ...

Jerome Seymour Bruner, one of the primary drivers of the “cognitive revolution” in psychology in the 1960s and an active scholar, died June 5. He was 100 years old. “The main thing about teaching is, ...

WASHINGTON — Jerome S. Bruner, who was born blind and, after having his sight restored, spent the rest of his life trying to understand how the human mind perceives the world, leading to influential ...

The wildfire interest of U.S. educators in a Harvard psychologist named Jerome Bruner began last year when he published a slim book titled The Process of Education (TIME, Sept. 26, 1960). Its bold and ...

For the past four years, in the final Science Cafe of the year, I have looked back on the lives and achievements of scientists who passed away under the title 'Science is long, life is short.' The ...

Jerome S. Bruner in 1983. His work helped break behaviorism’s hold on the study of the mind. Sue Klemens/Associated Press Mr. Bruner’s theories about perception, child development and learning ...

Jerome S. Bruner, who was born blind and, after having his sight restored, spent the rest of his life trying to understand how the human mind perceives the world, leading to influential advances in ...