Jerome S. Bruner (1915) is a figure of education in psychology, his theory has contributed greatly to understanding the cognitive structure of children. according to his theory that children are able to understand the concept, should be given the opportunity to manipulate the objects and learning tools designed specifically.

 

Thus, with tools designed, children will see directly how the regularities and patterns contained in the object structure. The concept can be associated with intuitive that have been attached to himself. The role of teachers in these learning activities, (a) need to understand the structure of learning materials (b) to find the concept correctly, active learning must be realized, (c) inductive thinking model. knowledge can be internalized in the mind (cognitive structures) and develop the intellectual skills of children, taking into account the stage of cognitive development. The process of internalization will occur through three stages of cognitive models, (1) enaktif, (2) iconic, (3) Symbolic.

The three stages of cognitive According to the Bruner's theory, can be explained as follows:

Enaktif stage, a cognitive stage, where knowledge is obtained from a real occurrence, and collect the concept from action results.
Iconic stage, a cognitive stage, where the concept of re-presented in the form of visual imagery, pictures, and diagrams, there is concrete activities and concrete situations.
Symbolic stage, a cognitive stage, where the concept of cognitive re-presented in the form of symbols. symbols such as the arbiter, verbal symbols, and other symbols.

In addition to the above opinion, there are four arguments in theory of Bruner: (1) Construction Theorem, (2) Notation Theorem, (3) Contrast Theorem, (4) Connectivity Theorem.

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