Bruna
The representative of structuralist curriculum theory is Bruner. Bruner is a structuralist. He was deeply influenced by Piaget, a structuralist psychologist. His teaching theory is closely related to Piaget in both thought and content.
The main points of structuralism:
The basic structure of the discipline has two aspects: simplification, which can "simplify" complex textbooks. After simplifying the motion of falling body, the falling distance of free falling body can be calculated only by formula, and the new knowledge is connected with the previous knowledge through migration, which not only expands the knowledge, but also is easy to understand.
Based on the subject structure, students in course center must master the basic structure of any subject. The so-called "basic structure of a discipline" refers to the basic concepts and principles of a discipline and their relationships. In Bruner's view, learning structure refers to learning the relationship between things, and the learning of the basic structure of a subject should be consistent with the students' cognitive development level.
Extended introduction:
The first sentence of Bruner's learning preparation part in the process of education is that any subject can be effectively taught to any student at any stage of development in a rational way. Therefore, study preparation is very important. Learning preparation mainly refers to the age characteristics and intellectual development level of students, whether they have reached the level that can adapt to certain disciplines. The reason for this is based on his theory of children's development stages.
He believes that at all stages of development, children can express the structure of that subject in his own unique way of observing and explaining the world, which can enable students to master it; In addition, the stage of children's cognitive development is certainly related to age, but it can also be accelerated, delayed or stagnant with cultural and educational conditions.
Therefore, he advocates that teaching should give children challenging and appropriate topics to promote the development of children's understanding. He emphasized that basic subjects can be learned early. Bruner's guiding ideology on school curriculum design is to let students learn many basic subjects as soon as possible.