The Culture of Education
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In a masterly commentary on the possibilities of education, Bruner reveals how education can usher children into their culture, though it often fails to do so. Bruner looks past the issue of achieving individual competence to the question of how education equips individuals to participate in the culture on which life and livelihood depend.
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These presentations led to discussions helping teachers create authentic contexts for learning STEM content and practices.
“These presentations led to discussions helping teachers create authentic contexts for learning STEM content and practices (Brown et al., 1989; Bruner, 1996; Lave & Wenger, 1991).”
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- Authors
- Bruner, J.
- Corresponding author
- Bruner, Jerome
- Venue
- Harvard University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Published
- 1996-12-31
- OpenAlex
- W1493117444
- Cited by
- 6,231
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- FWCI
- 145.49
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- Harvard University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Education and Cultural Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Education, Philosophy, and Society
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies
- Keywords
- educational culture, cultural participation, socialization, competence, education and culture, child socialization
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