Bruner's discovery learning- Constructivism

1. BRUNER’S THEORY OF
DISCOVERY LEARNING
Presented by: Surekha V S
Assistant Professor in Commerce
SVTEC, Akkikkavu

2. Discovery Learning
● Bruner is the exponent of Discovery Approach to learning
● Learning is an active social process
● Learner selects information, forms hypothesis & integrates the new
material to their cognitive structure
● Learners considered as inquirers of knowledge
● Learning to learn
● Process of learning is more important than the mere material learnt

3. Stages of Learning
❖ Enactive - Experience the concrete objects
❖ Iconic - Represents the materials mentally
❖ Symbolic - Use higher order thinking skills & symbols

4. Strategies for effective discovery learning
➔ Make use of curiosity of learners
➔ Grade the curricular material to suit the developmental status of the
learners
➔ Constant & systematic interaction between the teacher and the learner

5. Thinking Strategies
❏ Selection - Learner himself makes classification by forming his own
judgements & by testing them
❏ Reception - Positive & negative instances are given by an expert & by
studying in terms of attributes, learner internalise the concept

6. Concept Learning
★ Scanning - what the teacher does is forming concept hypothesis on the basis
of items observed & then to test the hypotheses
Scanning Simultaneous Scanning
Successive Scanning
★ Focussing - learner focuses his attention on attributes of the
instances/members in the group
Focussing Focus Gambling
Conservative focussing

7. Simultaneous scanning
All the hypotheses tested with regard to each member of the group & correct
one identified
Successive Scanning
Only one concept hypothesis is taken at a time & is tested with respect to all
members/items in a group

8. Focus Gambling
All attributes noticed in the first instance are tested at the same time in case
of each of the other cases
Conservative Focussing
Single attribute is taken & is tested with each item before the second
attribute is taken

9. Thank You………..