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Quote by Jerome Bruner

“We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the educability of man-the perfectibility of man. We have never addressed ourselves to this problem before.”

Quote by Jerome Bruner

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Jerome Bruner, born on October 1, 1915, and died on June 5, 2016, was a renowned psychologist from the United States. His research focused on the field of cognitive psychology, making significant contributions to the areas of child cognitive development, educational psychology, and cultural psychology. more

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