Learning Theories Simplified
...and how to apply them to teaching
- Bob Bates - Independent Consultant, UK
Are you struggling to get your head around John Dewey’s educational pragmatism? What exactly is Jean Piaget saying about cognitive development? Maybe you’re running out of time and patience making sense of Carol Dweck’s mindsets? Have you reached breaking point reading Daniel T. Willingham on educational neuroscience?
Written for busy teachers, trainers, managers and students, this 'dip-in, dip-out' guide makes theories of learning accessible and practical. It explores 130 classic and contemporary learning theorists in an easy-to-use, bite-sized format with clear relevant illustrations on how each theory will benefit teaching and learning.
Each model or theory is explained in less than 350 words, followed by a 'how to use it' section.
What's new to this edition:
- A new early childhood theorists section
- A new communication theories section
- Additional ‘on trend’ theorists throughout
- New ‘critical view’ features added to each entry.
This book is very relevant to the Early Education field in which I teach and encourage students to consider this book to buy as it can be referred to in several modules of the FdA.
Great go-to book to help students understand various learning theories
Bridges the line between theory and practice. This book introduces a wide range of educational theories in succinct manner and then explain their relevance to teaching.
This is an excellent book to gain an overview of a wide range of learning theorists. The information provided enables the reader to gain a good understanding of the theory being discussed and then they can research further to gain a higher level of understanding.
This book will be recommended as essenatil reading as it outlines a range of learning theories that support classroom taught sessions. It is well laid out with different theorists outlined and a very useful section on how to apply the theories. I especially like the further reading sections in each chapter.
This is an excellent book. It's very easy to read and provides a wide range of theories and perspectives for the reader to consider and learn from.
A must for any student studying social sciences from year 12 to Under gradate level . A comprehensive and user friendly text book which give the student the basic concepts to build further knowledge as well as a excellent revision tool
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Excellent book, provides a very good coverage of the theories, and the critical perspective question at the end of each section is thought provoking for students.
