Bruner's Spiral Curriculum

The role of the teachers in applying Bruner's theory is to design learning that promotes discovery that is in accordance with their cognitive skills. Hence by knowing the learner's learning modes, the teacher will be able to provide appropriate learning materials for instructions according to the learner's level. Then, teachers should provide feedback that is directed to motivation.

Furthermore, some of the benefits of applying the spiral curriculum as discovery learning are:

• encourages motivation and active learning
• motivates creativity
• promotes independence
• learning result is more contextual
• creates lifelong learning

Challenges:

Discovery learning seems ideal for classroom practices, but actually some of the challenges that might occur in implementing Bruner's theory:

• It will be hard to be implemented if the system and condition are not supportive
• Requires special materials and resources 
• Leaners should have a strong mental preparation in order to explore and discover all the things around them
• Time consume
• Teachers should know how to design an effective environment for applying Bruner's theory

References:

Bruner, Jerome. (2006). In Search of Pedagogy Volume 1 - The selected works of Jerome Bruner. New York: Routledge

Bruner, Jerome. (1996). The Culture of Education. Harvard University Press

Mc.Lead, Saul. (2019). Learning Theory in Education. Simply Psychology. https://www. simplpsychology.org, accessed on Tuesday 2 November 2021

R.M. Harden. (1999). What is a spiral curriculum?, Medical Teacher, 21:2, 141-143, DOI: 10.1080/01421599979752