Showing papers by "Jerome S. Bruner published in 1985"
Book•
01 Sep 1985TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a reader's retelling of "Clay" by James Joyce and compare it with a novel version of the same story written by Anne Frank.
Abstract: Preface PART 1: TWO NATURAL KINDS 1. Approaching the Literary 2. Two Modes of Thought 3. Possible Castles PART 2: LANGUAGE AND REALITY 4. The Transactional Self 5. The Inspiration of Vygotsky 6. Psychological Reality 7. Nelson Goodman's Worlds 8. Thought and Emotion PART 3: ACTING IN CONSTRUCTED WORLDS 9. The Language of Education 10. Developmental Theory as Culture Afterword Appendix: A Reader's Retelling of "Clay" by James Joyce Notes Credits Index
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Journal Article•
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TL;DR: Model of the Learner as discussed by the authors is a topic with a hermeneutic history and has a proximal origin in a set of exchanges-first as a conversation and then as the topic of a more formal learned discussion.
Abstract: Topics, including the topics of keynote addresses to learned societies, have a hermeneutic history. The hermeneutic history of a topic, we are cautioned, must be taken into account if we are fully to interpret its meaning. The topic of my paper, Models of the Learner, is no exception. It has such a history and has a proximal origin in a set of exchanges-first as a conversation and then as the topic of a more formal learned discussion. Let me set forth the beginning narrative of that hermeneutic circle (or spiral) and continue it in the discussion that follows. The setting was an international conference in
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