The Theory and Practice of Learning

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
The authors......Page 7
Preface to the first edition......Page 9
Preface to the second edition......Page 11
The emergence of lifelong learning......Page 12
The social background of lifelong learning......Page 24
Behaviourist approaches to learning......Page 35
Cognitivist theories......Page 43
Social learning......Page 53
Experiential learning......Page 64
Types of learning......Page 79
Culture and learning......Page 87
Self-directed learning......Page 100
Contracts and learning......Page 114
Open and distance learning......Page 127
Work-based and problem-based learning......Page 140
The learning organization......Page 155
Assessing learning......Page 168
References......Page 182
Further reading......Page 196
Index......Page 205