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8. Knowing as Doing

Jerome Bruner

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The Culture of Education

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Preface ix
1. Culture, Mind, and Education 1
2. Folk Pedagogy 44
3. The Complexity of Educational Aims 66
4. Teaching the Present, Past, and Possible 86
5. Understanding and Explaining Other Minds 100
6. Narratives of Science 115
7. The Narrative Construal of Reality 130
8. Knowing as Doing 150
9. Psychology's Next Chapter 160
Notes 187
Credits 213
Index 214

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Preface ix
1. Culture, Mind, and Education 1
2. Folk Pedagogy 44
3. The Complexity of Educational Aims 66
4. Teaching the Present, Past, and Possible 86
5. Understanding and Explaining Other Minds 100
6. Narratives of Science 115
7. The Narrative Construal of Reality 130
8. Knowing as Doing 150
9. Psychology's Next Chapter 160
Notes 187
Credits 213
Index 214

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