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Theories of learning : tools for thinking about practice / Debra McGregor.

By: Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, California : Sage, [2025]Description: xvii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781446253144
  • 1446253147
  • 9781446253137
  • 1446253139
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 370.15/23 23
LOC classification:
  • LB1060 .M34 2025
Contents:
Ch1: Introducing how learning is talked about -- Part 1: Introducing theories of learning -- Ch2: Introducing behavourism and information-processing theories -- Ch3: Introducing constructivism and the agentive mind -- Ch4: Language and meaning making -- Ch5: Introducing social constructivism and socioculturalism -- Ch6: Thinking further about the social and cultural aspects of learning -- Part 2: Applying theory to make sense of practice -- Ch7: Classroom cases featuring aspects of behaviourism and information processing -- Ch8: Classroom cases featuring aspects of constructivism -- Ch9: Classroom cases featuring aspects of social constructivism -- Ch10: Classroom cases featuring aspects of socioculturalism -- Conclusion: What is the use of theory and why does it matter for practice?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch1: Introducing how learning is talked about -- Part 1: Introducing theories of learning -- Ch2: Introducing behavourism and information-processing theories -- Ch3: Introducing constructivism and the agentive mind -- Ch4: Language and meaning making -- Ch5: Introducing social constructivism and socioculturalism -- Ch6: Thinking further about the social and cultural aspects of learning -- Part 2: Applying theory to make sense of practice -- Ch7: Classroom cases featuring aspects of behaviourism and information processing -- Ch8: Classroom cases featuring aspects of constructivism -- Ch9: Classroom cases featuring aspects of social constructivism -- Ch10: Classroom cases featuring aspects of socioculturalism -- Conclusion: What is the use of theory and why does it matter for practice?