Contemporary Theories of Learning

Introduction Chapter 1: A Comprehensive Understanding of Human Learning, Knud Illeris Chapter 2: Learning to be a Person in Society: Learning to be me, Peter Jarvis Chapter 3: What 'Form' Transforms?: A constructive-developmental approach to transformative learning, Robert Kegan Chapter 4: Expansive Learning: Toward an activity-theoretical reconceptualization, Yrjoe Engestroem Chapter 5: Pragmatism: Learning as creative imagination, Bente Elkjaer Chapter 6: Adult Learning Theory: Evolution and future directions, Sharan B. Merriam Chapter 7: Optimizing the Effectiveness of Learning Strategies, John A. T. Hattie and Gregory M. Donoghue Chapter 8: Transformative Learning Theory, Jack Mezirow Chapter 9: Multiple Approaches to Understanding, Howard Gardner Chapter 10: Affective Dimensions of Learning, Carolyn Jackson Chapter 11: Biographical Learning: Within the new lifelong learning discourse, Peter Alheit Chapter 12: The Life History of the Self, Mark Tennant Chapter 13: Culture, Mind and Education, Jerome Bruner Chapter 14: Experience, Pedagogy and Social Practices, Robin Usher Chapter 15: 'Normal Learning Problems' in Youth: In the context of underlying cultural convictions, Thomas Ziehe Chapter 16: A Social Theory of Learning Chapter 17: Transitional Learning and Relfexive Facilitation, Danny Wildemeersch and Veerle Stroobants Chapter 18: Interrupting the Politics of Learning, Gert Biesta