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Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Human Learning

Peter Jarvis
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adult education theory
advanced lifelong learning frameworks
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Chinese Learning Styles
Common Language
Contemporary Society
Disengage
Disjunctive Situation
disjunctural
emotional cognition in education
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existential learning models
Follow
identity formation studies
interdisciplinary pedagogy
Kolb's Learning Cycle
Learning Cycle
Life Wide Learning
Limbic Ring
Liminal Beings
mind
Non-reductive Monism
non-reflective
Non-reflective Learning
Operant Conditioning
Personal Development
Potential Learning Situations
Pre-conscious Learning
Preconscious Learning
primary
Problem Based Learning
process
Reflective Practice
relationship
Scottish Terrier
situation
socialisation
Socio-economic Class
styles
transformative experience research
Vice Versa
Work Based Learning Research

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415355407
  • Weight: 600g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Dec 2005
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

As interest grows in theories of lifelong learning not only across society but also as an area of serious academic study, the need has arisen for a thorough and critical study of the phenomenon. This distillation of the work of renowned writer Peter Jarvis addresses this need, looking at the processes involved in human learning from birth to old age and moving the field on from previous unsystematic and mainly psychological studies. Instead, Jarvis argues that learning is existential, and so its study must be complex and interdisciplinary.

The result is a giant step towards building a complete and integrated theory of how humans learn, taking account of existing theories to see if they can be reconciled with a more complex model. Applying his expert analytical approach to this wide-ranging topic, Jarvis looks in detail at:

  • learning in the social context
  • the transformation of experience
  • the outcomes of learning
  • learning and action
  • cognitive theories
  • emotions and learning
  • experiential learning.
About Peter Jarvis
Peter Jarvis is an internationally renowned expert in the field of adult learning and continuing education. He is Professor of Continuing Education at the University of Surrey, UK, and honorary Adjunct Professor in Adult Education at the University of Georgia, USA.

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