Another perspective on the construction of self and curricular meaning: Bruner’s narrative perspective

This study aimed to discuss the meaning of narrative construction of the self and to study its curricular meaning. The research will approach a new conception of self and its creation based on Bruner’s perspective. According to the older approach, self-construction was generally seen as a concept of Character Psychology, based on the inner psychic process of an isolated individual. From psychology’s perspective of the inner psychic self, we typically behave and think with an imbedded mental process with locked heads. If this is the case, the learner as an agent of learning, learning as a curriculum process, and curriculum development as the road to self-making should focus on the development of the inner mental process. However, in Cultural Psychology, a new trend is evolving that creates a new perception of self and self-construction. It is self-making with narrative. Bruner’s perspective of narrative is an important tool in rebuilding curriculum. Narrative is the construct of our experiences and the way we create meaning in our lives. We construct who we are by narrative. The self is constructed by the agent’s narrative. For the future, we explore narrative and storied narratives as the path to self-making. The narrative construction of self will influence the nature of the learner’s role, the teacher’s role, and the process of curriculum development.