The Routledge International Handbook of Learning

Herausgeber: Jarvis, Peter; Watts, Mary

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As our understanding of learning focuses on the whole person rather than individual aspects of learning, so the process of learning is beginning to be studied from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines. This handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the contemporary research into learning.

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The aim of this handbook is to present an overview of the work on learning, written by leading scholars from all these different perspectives and disciplines.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 602
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 173mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780415571302
• ISBN-10: 0415571308
• Artikelnr.: 34743694

Autorenporträt

Peter Jarvis is Professor of Continuing Education at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Mary Watts is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at City University, London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Learning - an overview
Part 1 Learning and the Person
1. Senses
2. Cognitions
3. Skills and roles
4. Emotions
5. Embodiment
6. Gender
7. Identity
8. Personality, Personality Traits and Learning Styles
9. Non-learning
Part 2 Learning across the Lifespan
1. Prenatal and the First Year
2. Early Childhood
3. The School Years
4. Adolescence
5. Adulthood
6. Mid-life
7. Older Adults
8. Biography
9. Development
Part 3 Learning across the Disciplines
1. Philosophy
2. Ethics e.g. indoctrination, socialisation
3. Psychology - cognitive and evolutionary
4. Sociology
5. Anthropology
6. Politics
7. Geography/Cultural differences
8. Biology - evolution and genetics
9. Pharmacology
10. Neuroscience
11. Physiology
Part 4 Meaning Systems' Interpretation
1. Buddhist
2. Christian
3. Confucianism
4. Hindu
5. Islamic
6. Jewish
Part 5 Learning Sites
1. Informal learning - everyday living
2. Formal learning - school
3. Non-formal learning - work
4. Learning and the inter-relationship of the sites of learning in
everyday living
5. Self-directed learning
6. e-learning
Part 6 Learning and Disability
1. Physical disabilities
2. Autism, dyslexia and dyscalculia and other learning difficulties
Part 7 Historical and Contemporary Learning Theorists
1. Pavlov, Watson, Skinner
2. Piaget
3. Vigotsky
4. Dewey
5. Bruner
6. Gardner
7. Jarvis
8. Illeris
9. Mezirow
10. Engestrom
Concluding Discussion