Understanding and using educational theories /
This textbook gives readers an accessible overview of 20 of the most influential thinkers on education, including long-established names (Vygotsky, Piaget, Bruner), more recent theorists (Dweck, Goleman, Rosenshine) and other key individuals whose writing has helped shaped our views on teaching and...
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London ; Thousand Oaks, California :
SAGE Publications,
[2026].
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- John Dewey : a democratic notion of learning
- Maria Montessori : liberating the child
- Jean Piaget : understanding the mind of the child
- Lev Vygotsky : an easy social constructivist viewpoint
- B.F. Skinner : the Father of Operant Conditioning
- Benjamin Bloom : learning through taxonomies
- Malcolm S. Knowles
- contextualising adult learning
- Jerome Bruner : an evolution of learning theories
- Albert Bandura : learning through observation
- Urie Bronfenbrenner : the ecology of human development
- Paulo Freire : oppression, freedom and critical approaches to education
- Donald Scheon : reflection and learning
- David Kolb : experiential learning theory
- Jean Labe and Etienne Wenger : socially situated learning and communities of practice
- Barak Rosenshine
- principles of instruction
- Daniel Goleman : emotional intelligence
- Guy Claxton : learning power
- Dylan William : assessment for learning
- Carol Dweck : mindsets and motivation
- John Sweller : cognitive load theory.