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Understanding & using educational theories /

Aubrey, Karl,

Understanding & using educational theories / Understanding and using educational theories / - 2nd edition. - xiii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- John Dewey : a democratic notion of learning -- Maria Montessori : liberating the child -- Jean Piaget : understanding the mind of the child -- Lev Vygotsky : an early 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 : learing 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 Lave and Etienne Wenger : socially situated learning and communities of practice -- Guy Claxton : learning power -- Dylan Wiliam : assessment for Learning -- Carol Dweek : mindsets and motivation -- Conclusion : a note from the authors.

This work provides education students with a clear critical overview of the most influential 20th and 21st century thinkers in teaching and learning and shows how they translate in to practice.

1526436604 9781526436603: £70.00 9781526436603 1526436612 9781526436610

2018930989


Education--Philosophy.
Critical pedagogy.

370.1 / AUB