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How We Learn

Learning and Non-Learning in School and Beyond

By Knud Illeris

Published October 4th 2007 by Routledge – 304 pages

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Description

How We Learn deals with the fundamental issues of the processes of learning, critically assessing different types of learning and obstacles to learning. It also considers a broad range of other important questions in relation to learning such as:

  • modern research into learning and brain functions
  • self-perception, motivation and competence development
  • teaching, intelligence and learning style
  • learning in relation to gender and life age.

The book provides a comprehensive introduction to both traditional learning theory and the newest international research into learning processes, while at the same time being an innovative contribution to a new and more holistic understanding of learning including discussion on school-based learning, net-based learning, workplace learning and educational politics.

How We Learn examines all the key factors that help to create a holistic understanding of what learning actually is and why and how learning and non-learning take place. It is also however a refreshing and thought-provoking piece of scholarly work as it adds new research material, new understandings and new points of view.

Reviews

'This is a book which I will return to and come to value for its ability to provoke reassessments of my understanding of learning.' - Teaching and Learning Update

How We Learn is quite excellent- very well designed and very readable - 'British Journal of Educational Technology

Contents

Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Basis of The Understanding of Learning Part 3: The Processes and Dimensions of Learning Part 4: Different Types of Learning Part 5: The Content Dimension of Learning Part 6: The Incentive Dimension of Learning Part 7: The Interaction Dimensions of Learning Part 8: Learning As Whole Part 9: Barriers to Learning Part 10: Learning, Dispositions and Preconditions Part 11: Learning and Life Course Part 12: Learning In Different Learning Spaces Part 13: Learning, Education and Society Part 14: Overview

Name: How We Learn: Learning and Non-Learning in School and Beyond (Paperback) – Routledge 
Description: By Knud Illeris. How We Learn deals with the fundamental issues of the processes of learning, critically assessing different types of learning and obstacles to learning. It also considers a broad range of other important questions in relation to learning such...
Categories: Theories of Learning, Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, Education Policy, Childhood, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Education Studies, Higher Education, Post-Compulsory Education, Theory of Education