The theory & practice of learning / Peter Jarvis, John Holford & Colin Griffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarvis, Peter, 1937-

Contributor:

Holford, John.

Griffin, Colin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning.

Learning--Social aspects.

Continuing education.

Physical Description:

ix, 198 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Theory and practice of learning

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Kogan Page, 2003.

Summary:

Learning is among the most basic of human activities. The study of learning, and research into learning a central part of educational studies. Now published in a second edition, this book is a comprehensive introduction to contemporary theories and modern practices of learning. Updated and expanded, written in non-technical language, this new edition will be a valuable guide for all teachers, facilitators, human resource developers and students of education.Contents include updated and new material on: * lifelong learning; * the social background to learning; * cognitivist theory; * types of learning; * learning using ICT; * philosophical reflections on learning.

Contents:

1 The emergence of lifelong learning 1

From childhood to adult to lifelong 2

From the few to the many 3

From learning as process to learning as an institutional phenomenon 4

From education and training to learning 4

From teacher-centred to student-centred education 5

Liberal to vocational and human resource development 6

From theoretical to practical 7

From single discipline to multidisciplinary to integrated knowledge 7

From knowledge as truth to knowledge as relative/information/narrative/discourse 8

From rote learning to learning as reflection 9

From welfare needs to market demands (wants) 10

From classical curriculum to romantic curriculum to programme 10

From face-to-face to distance e-learning 11

2 The social background of lifelong learning 13

The focus on change 14

Characteristics of modern societies 15

Education and modern society 17

The forces of change 19

Learning and the postmodern condition 22

3 Behaviourist approaches to learning 24

The problem of definition 24

Behavioural theorists 25

Conditioning 27

Teaching and learning 28

4 Cognitivist theories 32

Jean Piaget 32

Lev Vygotsky 36

Jack Mezirow 38

5 Social learning 42

Learning, culture and social roles 44

Mead and the social construction of self 47

Bandura and social learning theory 49

Collective learning 50

6 Experiential learning 53

The nature of experience 53

The nature of experiential learning 56

Reflections of experiential learning 65

7 Types of learning 68

Authors and their terminology 68

A process of synthesis 72

8 Culture and learning 76

How do women learn? 77

Women's identity and morality: the work of Carol Gilligan 78

Women's ways of knowing 80

Do Chinese learners learn differently? 85

9 Self-directed learning 89

Cyril Houle 91

Allen Tough 92

Malcolm Knowles 94

Stephen Brookfield 96

From theory to practice 99

Self-directed learning and public policy 101

10 Contracts and learning 103

The search for predictability 103

Contracts and markets 105

Learning contracts: self-direction and personal autonomy 106

Contracts and competence 108

The 'contracting society' 109

Learning contracts and modular learning 112

The language of contracts 113

Contracts and freedom 115

11 Open and distance learning 116

Traditional education and closed institutions 117

Defining open learning 118

Open learning and distance education 119

Theories of distance education 121

From theory to practice 125

12 Work-based and problem-based learning 129

Learning at work 129

A brief history of learning at work 130

Training and the changing workplace 132

Developing 'human resources' 133

13 The learning organization 144

The historical evolution of the learning organization 144

Defining the learning organization 147

Landmark contributors 149

Applications 152

A critical perspective 153

14 Assessing learning 157

The traditional approach to assessment 158

Contemporary issues in assessment 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-193) and index.

ISBN:

0749438592

0749439319

OCLC:

51031415