Contemporary Theories of Learning: Learning Theorists à In Their Own Words - 9781138550483

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 A comprehensive understanding of human learning -- 2 Learning to be a person in society: learning to be me -- 3 What "form" transforms?: a constructive-developmental approach to transformative learning -- 4 Expansive learning: towards an activity-theoretical reconceptualization -- 5 Pragmatism: learning as creative imagination -- 6 Adult learning theory: evolution and future directions -- 7 A model of learning: optimizing the effectiveness of learning strategies -- 8 Transformative learning theory -- 9 Multiple approaches to understanding -- 10 Affective dimensions of learning -- 11 Biographical learning - within the lifelong learning discourse -- 12 The life history of the self -- 13 Culture, mind and education -- 14 Experience, pedagogy and social practices -- 15 'Normal learning problems' in youth: in the context of underlying cultural convictions -- 16 A social theory of learning -- 17 Transitional learning and reflexive facilitation: the case of learning for work -- 18 Interrupting the politics of learning -- Index

• | Author: Knud Illeris
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 23, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 266 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138550485
• | ISBN-13: 9781138550483