Jerome Bruner

"The great cry of education is not to produce learned men but to produce men of character."

"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

"We are capable of learning throughout our lives and of changing in the process."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"Learning is not a destination; it is a journey."

"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action."

"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself."

"Knowledge is a process, not a product."

"In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught."

"Knowing is a process, not a product."

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled."

"Life is a narrative we construct as we go along."

"The spiral curriculum allows us to revisit ideas at deeper levels."

"Culture shapes the mind and provides the tools for thought."

"Man's mind and culture have evolved together."

"Any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development."

"Discovery is in its essence a matter of rearranging or transforming evidence so that one is enabled to go beyond the evidence so assembled to new insights."

"To understand something is to build a model of it."

"The act of learning requires the learner to construct meaning."

"We must learn to live at the edge of uncertainty and ambiguity."

"The purpose of education is to make the individual as creative as possible."

"Imagination is the ability to think in the subjunctive mood, about what might happen if..."

"Narrative is our primary way of organizing human experience."

"The human mind seems to have an inherent need for order and structure."

"Teaching is the art of assisting discovery."

"The most effective way to learn something is to discover it yourself."

"Context is crucial for understanding and remembering information."

"We construct reality through our interactions with the world."

"The learner must be active, not passive, in constructing knowledge."

"Play is the most serious business of childhood."