Home / Quotes / Quote by Jerome Bruner

Quote by Jerome Bruner

“Grasping the structure of a subject is understanding it in a way that permits many other things to be related to it meaningfully. To learn structure in short, is to learn how things are related.”

Quote by Jerome Bruner

Book:The Process of Education, Revised Edition

Work

The Process of Education, Revised Edition

This revised edition of 'The Process of Education' explores various educational theories, techniques, and strategies, offering insights into the evolution of teaching and learning methodologies. The book delves into the complexities of educational systems, pedagogical approaches, and the role of educators in shaping the future of education. more

Author

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

You May Also Like

“Psychologically, the teaching of abstractions first is wrong. Indeed, a thorough understanding of the concrete must precede the abstract.”

Firsts Understanding Teaching Abstract Concrete Abstraction Thorough Thorough Understanding

Author:Morris Kline

“Just as a poet often has license from the rules of grammar and pronunciation, we should like to ask for 'physicists' license from the rules of mathematics in order to express what we wish to say in as simple a manner as possible.”

Should Order Asks Wish Simple Poet Mathematics Physicist Grammar License Pronunciation

Author:Richard P. Feynman

“I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.”

Ifs Thinking Long Would Be School Drama Hollywood Instant Holiday Superstar

Author:Richard Armitage

“When I was younger, I had some close friends who always loved European football, and Real Madrid at that time were the dominant force. I remember family holidays when we used to go to Spain, and we'd bring back replica shirts of Real Madrid and pretend to be the players when we played in the park.”

Real Remember Used Force Player Football Shirts Parks Holiday Dominant Spain Close Friends Madrid Replica Real Madrid Family Holiday

Author:Gareth Bale

“I get recognised in the street, but that's more from all the Scottish people who are down in Blackpool on their holidays.”

People Streets Holiday Scottish Blackpool

Author:Charlie Adam

“I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.”

Friendship Laughter Jokes Spite Love Life Mars Loving Life Heartless Friendship Love I Love Life Colonizing Mars

Author:Tahar Ben Jelloun

“I was 13 - 14 when I first tasted stardom. In the summer holidays, my dad made me act in these films that went on to become superhits. I became a child star.”

Firsts Children Made Film Stars Dad Summer My Dad Holiday Stardom

Author:Mahesh Babu

“A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject; must show it to the understanding in a clearer view, and display it to the fancy with greater dignity; but either of these qualities may be sufficient to recommend it.... That it may be complete, it is required to exhibit, independently of its references, a pleasing image; for a simile is said to be a short episode.”

May Said Shows Understanding Perfect Views Quality Greater Subjects Dignity Sufficient Fancy Display Episodes Simile Exhibits

Book:Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt

Source: Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt

“Metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with.”

Dangerous Metaphor Unbearable Lightness Unbearable Lightness Of Being Unbearable Lightness

Author:Milan Kundera

“Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong”

Strong Nice Being Nice

Author:Paul Keating