what were the disadvantages of Jerome Bruner, Lev Vygotsky and Ivan Pavlov?

Question

about there work

Answer 1

There are no disadvantages to the work of Jerome Bruner! He is inspirational and wonderfully clear in his writing about language and culture. 'Language is the tool kit of the culture.' His work developed from Chomsky's writing about inherent language acquisition as being part of our genetic make up.

L. Vygotsky likewise; it was many years before his work (1930s) began to influence our thinking about teaching and learning but it is seminal work and still relevant to our understanding of learning in many situations. Children learn from talking about their subject with adults or more able peers. The zone of proximal development is the tipping point for the phenomena of deep learning. It is easy to understand Vygotsky by reading what Piaget has to say about him.

Both the above have created fertile ground from which modern understanding about the learning process, particularly with regard to language and communication, has developed.

Pavlov and his salivating dogs; operant conditioning; a narrow though interesting behaviourist approach to learning. Of more interest to psycholgists than to teachers perhaps?

If you are studying the work of Bruner and Vygotsky, enjoy the process and take your time, they are worth the effort.

Perhaps you have been asked to look for counter-arguments, as opposed to disadvantages?

Answer 2

They came to conclusions without the use of human subjects.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 3

they didn't do any work though..