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Understanding and using educational theories / Karl Aubrey & Alison Riley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aubrey, Karl, author.
- Riley, Alison (Teacher educator), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Philosophy.
- Education.
- Critical pedagogy.
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- 4th edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; Thousand Oaks, California : Sage, [2026]
- Summary:
- "This textbook gives readers an accessible overview of 20 of the most influential thinkers on education, including long-established names (Vygotsky, Piaget, Bruner), more recent theorists (Dweck, Goleman, Rosenshine) and other key individuals whose writing has helped shaped our views on teaching and learning. Each chapter includes practical examples showing how theories can be used to inform classroom teaching, and critiques of each theorist exploring opposing viewpoints and the strengths and weaknesses of different ideas."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- John Dewey : a democratic notion of learning
- Maria Montessori : liberating the child
- Jean Piaget : understanding the mind of the child
- Lev Vygotsky : an easy social constructivist viewpoint
- B.F. Skinner : the Father of Operant Conditioning
- Benjamin Bloom : learning through taxonomies
- Malcolm S. Knowles
- contextualising adult learning
- Jerome Bruner : an evolution of learning theories
- Albert Bandura : learning through observation
- Urie Bronfenbrenner : the ecology of human development
- Paulo Freire : oppression, freedom and critical approaches to education
- Donald Schön : reflection and learning
- David Kolb : experiential learning theory
- Jean Labe and Etienne Wenger : socially situated learning and communities of practice
- Barak Rosenshine
- principles of instruction
- Daniel Goleman : emotional intelligence
- Guy Claxton : learning power
- Dylan William : assessment for learning
- Carol Dweck : mindsets and motivation
- John Sweller : cognitive load theory.
- Notes:
- Previous edition published in 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1036206904
- 9781036206901
- 1036206912
- 9781036206918
- OCLC:
- 1522715153
- Publisher Number:
- 90103570744
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