Bruner’s 3 Steps of Learning in a Spiral Curriculum

The video explains a three-step learning process from concrete to abstract, emphasizing hands-on action, image-based learning, and language transformation. It highlights Singapore's successful math curriculum, developed by focusing on fewer concepts in greater detail. The curriculum follows Bruner's guidelines, using a spiral approach and scaffolding. Singapore's students excel in math and science globally. Jerome Bruner, a pioneer in cognitive development, believed any subject could be taught to any child at any stage.

What are the three steps in the process of learning from concrete to abstract according to Bruner?

How did the Singaporean government approach the development of their maths curriculum in the 1980s?

Explain the concept of 'scaffolding' as described in the text.

What is the significance of the spiral curriculum in Bruner's educational theory?

Discuss Jerome Bruner's belief regarding the teaching of subjects to children.