In Search of Pedagogy Volume II The Selected Works of Jerome Bruner, 19792006

Jerome Bruner is one of the best-known and most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. His theories about cognitive development dominate psychology around the world today, but it is inthe field of educationwhere his influence has been especially felt. In this two volume set, Bruner has selected and assembled his most important writings about education. VolumeI spans thetwenty years from 1957 to 1978 and VolumeIIcovers 1979 to 2006. VolumeII starts with a specially written introduction by Bruner, in which he givesan overview of the 1979-2006 years and contextualises his selection of papers. The articles and chapters then reveal the thinking, the concepts and the empirical research of that time that have made Bruner one of the most respected and cited educational authorities of our time.