Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Jerome S. Bruner : oral history, 1999.
Creator: | Bruner, Jerome S. | Project: | Carnegie Corporation project. Pt. 2. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript 32 pages videorecordings 2 videocassettes (85 min.) : digital betacam. sound recording 2 audiocassettes | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NotePsychologist.
Scope and ContentsEstablishment of Center for Cognitive Studies [Center] at Harvard University through Carnegie Corporation of New York [Carnegie] grant; faculty perception of Center's activities; explanation of Center's research aims; emphasis on pedagogy by research center's leadership; close professional relationships with other researchers receiving Carnegie funding; Center's research topics during first five years: relationship between language and thought, visual perception, cognitive development; publication of Studies in Cognitive Growth; application process for Carnegie grant renewal; Carnegie responsiveness to changes in Center's financial needs; Center's later years: creation of a general education curriculum in cognitive psychology, research on cultural deprivation and early childhood development; implementation of experimental preschool program in Italy; role of Carnegie in fostering community education initiatives
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