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The Theory and Practice of Learning.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2003.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (209 pages)ISBN:
  • 0749438592
Other title:
  • Theory & practice of learning
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.1523
LOC classification:
  • LB1060.J37 2003eb
Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; The authors; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; The emergence of lifelong learning; The social background of lifelong learning; Behaviourist approaches to learning; Cognitivist theories; Social learning; Experiential learning; Types of learning; Culture and learning; Self-directed learning; Contracts and learning; Open and distance learning; Work-based and problem-based learning; The learning organization; Assessing learning; References; Further reading; Index.
Summary: Learning is among the most basic of human activities. The study of learning, and research into learning is becoming a central part of educational studies. This is a comprehensive introduction to contemporary theories and modern practices of learning. Updated and expanded, this second edition should be of interest to teachers, facilitators, human resource developers and students of education. The contents cover: lifelong learning; the social background to learning; cognitivist theory; types of learning; learning using ICT; and philosophical reflections on learning.
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Books Books Botho University Botswana Open Shelves Personal development, Motivation, Religion, Psycho, and any that is not within the other codes 370.1523 JAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available NIIT06102

Book Cover; Title; Contents; The authors; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; The emergence of lifelong learning; The social background of lifelong learning; Behaviourist approaches to learning; Cognitivist theories; Social learning; Experiential learning; Types of learning; Culture and learning; Self-directed learning; Contracts and learning; Open and distance learning; Work-based and problem-based learning; The learning organization; Assessing learning; References; Further reading; Index.

Learning is among the most basic of human activities. The study of learning, and research into learning is becoming a central part of educational studies. This is a comprehensive introduction to contemporary theories and modern practices of learning. Updated and expanded, this second edition should be of interest to teachers, facilitators, human resource developers and students of education. The contents cover: lifelong learning; the social background to learning; cognitivist theory; types of learning; learning using ICT; and philosophical reflections on learning.

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