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Peter Jarvis is Professor of Continuing Education at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Mary Watts is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at City University, London, UK.As our understanding of learning focuses on the whole person rather than individual aspects of learning, so the process of learning is beginning to be studied from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines. This handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the contemporary research into learning: it brings together a diverse range of specialities with chapters written by leading scholars throughout the world from a wide variety of different approaches. The International Handbook of Learning captures the complexities of the learning process in seven major parts. Its 54 chapters are sub-divided in seven parts:
- Learning and the person: senses, cognitions, emotions, personality traits and learning styles
- Learning across the lifespan
- Life-wide learning
- Learning across the disciplines: covering everything from anthropology to neuroscience
- Meaning systems’ interpretation
- Learning and disability
- Historical and contemporary learning theorists.
Written by international experts, this book is the first comprehensive multi-disciplinary analysis of learning, packing a diverse collection of research into one accessible volume.
The aim of this handbook is to present an overview of the work on learning, written by leading scholars from all these different perspectives and disciplines.
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