Jerome Bruner
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Under Jerome Bruner's Cognitive Development and Discovery Learning Theory, a highly significant and central concept is the 'Spiral Curriculum', defined as an educational design in which a complex subject or difficult concept is presented to children in their early developmental stages in a very simple, concrete, and intuitive form. As the learner's age, intellectual maturity, and cognitive level increase, the same subject or concept is repeatedly revisited in the curriculum at a more abstract, comprehensive, and profound level to reinforce prior knowledge. Regarding its actual psychological implications and the scientific management of students' logical knowledge construction, conceptual stability, and progressive knowledge development in classroom teaching, which of the following psychological statements is most authentic and scientifically valid?
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The core foundation of Jerome Bruner's 'Spiral Curriculum' is that any subject can be logically re-presented at any developmental stage in accordance with a child's intellectual capacity.
According to Bruner, the learning process is most effective when complex concepts begin in simple forms and are progressively repeated and expanded at more advanced and abstract levels.
- Option (b) accurately defines the scientific and psychological perspective of this theory, which aligns with students' schemata and cognitive development.
- Options (a), (c), and (d) contradict the fundamental principles of constructivism, discovery learning, and cognitive development.
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