Core term · Jerome S. Bruner

Discovery Learning

Learning by actively exploring and discovering principles rather than receiving facts passively.

Areas of life
Educationparentingcreativity

Why it matters

Promotes deep understanding and transfer.

How to handle it

Design tasks that let learners test, explore and explain.

Who shaped this idea

The thinker behind it

From concept to practice

Turn Discovery Learning into a question you can answer.

Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.