The Routledge International Handbook of Learning

Introduction: Learning - an overview

Part 1 Learning and the Person






Senses
Cognitions
Skills and roles
Emotions
Embodiment
Gender
Identity
Personality, Personality Traits and Learning Styles
Non-learning

Part 2 Learning across the Lifespan



Prenatal and the First Year
Early Childhood
The School Years
Adolescence
Adulthood
Mid-life
Older Adults
Biography
Development

Part 3 Learning across the Disciplines






Philosophy
Ethics e.g. indoctrination, socialisation
Psychology - cognitive and evolutionary
Sociology
Anthropology
Politics
Geography/Cultural differences
Biology - evolution and genetics
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Physiology

Part 4 Meaning Systems' Interpretation






Buddhist
Christian
Confucianism
Hindu
Islamic
Jewish

Part 5 Learning Sites






Informal learning - everyday living
Formal learning - school
Non-formal learning - work
Learning and the inter-relationship of the sites of learning in everyday living
Self-directed learning
e-learning

Part 6 Learning and Disability






Physical disabilities
Autism, dyslexia and dyscalculia and other learning difficulties

Part 7 Historical and Contemporary Learning Theorists






Pavlov, Watson, Skinner
Piaget
Vigotsky
Dewey
Bruner
Gardner
Jarvis
Illeris
Mezirow
Engestrom

Concluding Discussion