Jerome S. Bruner

“A curriculum is more for teachers than it is for pupils.”

“The process of education is the process of acquiring the tools and the techniques that make one a member of the culture.”

“Good teaching is one that helps the child to organize his thinking and to go beyond the information given.”

“The concept of 'readiness' is a mischievous half-truth.”

“Any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development.”

“The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think.”

“To instruct someone... is not a matter of getting him to commit results to mind. Rather, it is to teach him to participate in the process that makes possible the establishment of knowledge.”

“The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work.”

“We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire language to tell those stories.”

“Education must not only be a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them.”

“The act of discovery is not a random event.”

“Knowing is a process, not a product.”

“The art of raising challenging questions is easily as important as the art of giving clear answers.”

“It is the enterprise of education, for instance, to make children aware of the possibilities of their minds.”

“Learning should not only take us somewhere; it should allow us later to go further more easily.”