Sean MacBlain

How Children Learn

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Produktbeschreibung

Understanding How Children Learn is a vital part of working with children. Every child is unique and understanding differences in learning helps all to benefit.

This book goes beyond simply understanding the work of key theorists and the various theories of learning to recognise what learning actually looks like and how it is best facilitated in any setting.

Each chapter includes:
Exercises to help you evaluate your understanding and practice Examples taken from real experiences to illustrate concepts beyond the theory Summaries to help you take the key messages from each chapter Suggestions for further reading to help push your own learning further.
Looking at key topics such as brain development, technology in childhood and barriers to learning, this book will explain what learning really is.

Why not also have a look at the companion title Learning Theories in Childhood to explore the key learning theories?

Sean MacBlain is Reader in Child Development and Disability at the University of St. Mark & St. John, Plymouth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd / Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 497g
• ISBN-13: 9781446272183
• ISBN-10: 1446272184
• Artikelnr.: 40002805

Autorenporträt

Sean MacBlain PhD is a distinguished author and academic  whose publications include: MacBlain (Sage, 2021) Children's Learning in Early Childhood; MacBlain (Sage, 2020) Child Development for Teachers; MacBlain, Dunn and Luke (Sage, 2017) Contemporary Childhood;  Gray and MacBlain (Sage, 2015) Learning Theories in Childhood; MacBlain, Long and Dunn, (Sage, 2015) Dyslexia, Literacy and Inclusion: Child-centred Perspectives;  MacBlain (Sage, 2014) How Children Learn. Sean's publications are used by students, practitioners and academics throughout the world and have been widely translated including into Chinese and Vietnamese. Sean was previously a senior academic at the University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, England where he held the positions of Research lead for the Centre for Education and Applied Research, Research Lead for the Centre for Professional and Educational Research, Research Coordinator for the School of Education and Deputy Chair of the Ethics Committee. Sean has also worked as a Senior Lecturer in Education and Developmental Psychology at Stranmillis University College, Queen's University Belfast. In addition to this, Sean has  worked for over twenty years as an educational psychologist and continues in this field as an independent practitioner.  

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
What is Learning?
Learning Theories in Action
Thinking and Learning in the Early Years
Learning in the Family
Learning and Schooling
Intelligence and Learning
The Emotionally Intelligent Learner
Additional Support Needs and Learning
Communities of Learning
Future Learning

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Introduction
What is Learning?
Learning Theories in Action
Thinking and Learning in the Early Years
Learning in the Family
Learning and Schooling
Intelligence and Learning
The Emotionally Intelligent Learner
Additional Support Needs and Learning
Communities of Learning
Future Learning

Rezensionen

This is a timely book as it looks at the complexities of the modern world in which education operates. The author considers the role of the family and education in the pre-school years at a time when, for instance, the balance between play and more formal learning is being debated. He writes sympathetically about specific difficulties like dyslexia and autism and the problems of dealing with them. I would certainly recommend this book for anybody following PG and CPD courses in education. Margaret Barr, CPD Tutor for Dyslexia Action