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1	Toward a theory of instruction more books like this by Jerome S. Bruner add to wishlist This country's most challenging writer on education presents here a distillation, for the general reader, of half a decade's research and reflection. His theme is dual: how children learn, and how they can best be helped to learn - how they can brought to the fullest realization of their capabilities. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.18! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book about a Vast Memory more books like this by Jerome Bruner, Aleksandr R Luria, A R Luriia add to wishlist "The Mind of a Mnemonist is a rare phenomenon - a scientific study that transcends its data and, in the manner of the best fictional literature, fashions a portrait of an unforgettable human being. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $13.00! \| SVS
3	On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand, Second Edition more books like this by Jerome S Bruner add to wishlist The left hand has traditionally represented the powers of intuition, feeling, and spontaneity. In this classic book, Jerome Bruner inquires into the part these qualities play in determining how we know what we do know; how we can help others to know-that is, to teach; and how our conception of reality affects our actions and is modified by them. ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $13.73! \| SVS
4	Study of Thinking more books like this by Jerome S Bruner add to wishlist A Study of Thinking is a pioneering account of how human beings achieve a measure of rationality in spite of the constraints imposed by bias, limited attention and memory, and the risks of error imposed by pressures of time and ignorance. First published in 1956 and hailed at its appearance as a groundbreaking study, it is still read three decades ... see all copies from $4.12! new only from $22.89! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Culture of Education more books like this by Jerome Bruner add to wishlist In a commentary on the possibilities of education, the psychologist Jerome Bruner reveals how education can usher children into their culture, though it often fails to do so. Applying "cultural psychology" to education, Bruner proposes that the mind reaches its full potential only through participation in the culture - not just its more formal ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $12.41! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Process of Education, Revised Edition more books like this by Jerome S Bruner add to wishlist In this classic argument for curriculum reform in early education, Jerome Bruner shows that the basic concepts of science and the humanities can be grasped intuitively at a very early age. He argues persuasively that curricula should he designed to foster such early intuitions and then build on them in increasingly formal and abstract ways as ... see all copies from $3.72! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life more books like this by Jerome S Bruner add to wishlist A psychologist ruminates on the role and significance of narrative in our lives. From everyday narratives between friends to those between doctor and patient, from factual narratives to fictional, stories shape our lives and give them meaning--but how do we so easily understand them? see all copies from $9.55! new only from $13.37! \| SVS
8	Acts of Meaning: Four Lectures on Mind and Culture more books like this by Jerome Bruner add to wishlist Argues that the idea of the mind as an "information processor" has led psychology away from seeing the mind as a creator of meanings. Only by breaking out of the limitations of a computational model of mind can we grasp the interaction through which mind constitutes and is constituted by culture. see all copies from $4.86! new only from $13.50! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The process of education more books like this by Jerome Seymour Bruner add to wishlist see all copies from $2.51! first editions \| SVS
10	Actual Minds, Possible Worlds more books like this by Jerome Bruner add to wishlist Offers a psychological approach to literature, examines the connection between language and reality, and discusses education and intellectual development. see all copies from $4.10! new only from $22.83!
11	On knowing; essays for the left hand. more books like this by Jerome S. Bruner add to wishlist The left hand has traditionally represented the powers of intuition, feeling, and spontaneity. In this classic book, Jerome Bruner inquires into the part these qualities play in determining how we know what we do know; how we can help others to know-that is, to teach; and how our conception of reality affects our actions and is modified by them. ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
12	In Search of Mind: Essays in Autobiography more books like this by Jerome Bruner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $94.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	Studies in cognitive growth; a collaboration at the Center for Cognitive Studies more books like this by Jerome S. Bruner, Rose R. Olver, Patricia Marks Greenfield, Harvard University. Center for Cognitive Studies add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
14	The relevance of education more books like this by Jerome Seymour Bruner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.97! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Play: Its Role in Development and Evolution more books like this by Jerome S Bruner add to wishlist see all copies from $19.88!
16 view cover	Early Literacy more books like this by Joan Brooks McLane, Michael Cole (Editor), Jerome Bruner (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.75! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Minding the Law more books like this by Anthony G Amsterdam, Jerome Bruner add to wishlist In this remarkable collaboration, one of the nation's leading civil rights lawyers joins forces with one of the world's foremost cultural psychologists to put American constitutional law into an American cultural context. By close readings of key Supreme Court opinions, they show how storytelling tactics and deeply rooted mythic structures shape ... see all copies from $7.74! new only from $16.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	Making Sense: The Child's Construction of the World more books like this by Jerome S Bruner add to wishlist A highly topical volume which builds on currently emerging themes in the study of child development. see all copies from $9.98!
19 view cover	Law, Culture, and Ritual: Disputing Systems in Cross-Cultural Context more books like this by Oscar G Chase, Jerome S Bruner (Foreword by) add to wishlist Laws are products of the societies in which they operate - they originate and mutate in response to disputes that are particular to specific social, cultural, and political contexts. Disputing procedures, are therefore important mediums through which fundamental beliefs, values, and symbols of culture are communicated, preserved, and sometimes ... see all copies from $22.88! new only from $27.86! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Constructing Panic: The Discourse of Agoraphobia more books like this by Lisa Capps, Elinor Ochs, Jerome Bruner (Foreword by) add to wishlist Meg Logan has not been farther than two miles from home in six years. She has agoraphobia, a debilitating anxiety disorder that entraps its sufferers in the fear of leaving safe havens such as home. Paradoxically, while at this safe haven, agoraphobics spend much of their time ruminating over past panic experiences and imagining similar ... see all copies from $14.32! new only from $25.42! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Culture in Mind more books like this by Bradd Shore, Bruner Jerome (Foreword by) add to wishlist Culture in Mind is an ethnographic portrait of the human mind. Using case studies from both western and nonwestern societies. Shore argues that "cultural models" are necessary to the functioning of the human mind. Drawing on recent developments in cognitive science as well as anthropology, Culture in Mind explores the cognitive world of culture in ... see all copies from $22.12! new only from $32.91! \| SVS
22 view cover	Child's Talk: Learning to Use Language more books like this by Jerome S Bruner add to wishlist How does a child acquire language, and what may facilitate this learning? In this book, renowned psychologist Jerome Bruner explores the child's most remarkable achievement. To carry out his investigations, Bruner went to 'the clutter of life at home, ' the childs own setting for learning, rather than observing children in a 'contrived video ... see all copies from $7.34! new only from $16.02! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Culture in Mind: Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning more books like this by Bradd Shore, Jerome Bruner (Foreword by) add to wishlist Culture in Mind is an ethnographic portrait of the human mind. Using case studies from both western and nonwestern societies. Shore argues that "cultural models" are necessary to the functioning of the human mind. Drawing on recent developments in cognitive science as well as anthropology, Culture in Mind explores the cognitive world of culture in ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $70.51! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Children's Friendships: The Beginning of Intimacy more books like this by Judy Dunn, Jerome S Bruner (Foreword by) add to wishlist Drawing on evidence from studies on both sides of the Atlantic, this beautifully written book from Judy Dunn, the leading international authority on childhood development, considers the nature and significance of children's early friendships. This is an accessible and comprehensive book on friendship, beautifully written by a world authority. It ... see all copies from $14.84! new only from $23.29! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Social Foundations of Language and Thought more books like this by David R Olson, David E Olson (Editor), Jerome Seymour Bruner (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $16.95! new only from $34.03! \| first editions \| SVS

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