Aspects of learning / [by] Brian O'Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connell, Brian.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Education.

Routledge library editions. Education ; v. 237

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning, Psychology of.

Educational psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012, c1973.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The time has passed when learning was identified purely as a process involving the ability to store and recall knowledge and facts, and the competence to produce them when required. These abilities still seriously concern the potential teacher and this book duly examines them, but the 'whys' and the 'hows' of learning and teaching are now considered as important as the implanting of facts for regurgitation at exam time.Some children learn more quickly than others, some can remember facts more easily, and a teacher must ask several fundamental questions in order to understand the factors at

Contents:

Cover; Aspects of Learning; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Simple Learning; 2. Operant Conditioning and Programmed Learning; 3. Insightful Learning; 4. Transfer of Learning; 5. Physiological Processes Involved in Learning; 6. Motivation, Emotion and Learning; 7. Development and Learning; Index

Notes:

First published in 1973 by George Allen and Unwin Ltd.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-45312-1

1-280-77636-6

9786613686756

1-136-45313-X

0-203-12591-6

9780203125915

OCLC:

796932324