Contemporary Theories of Learning

In this definitive collection of today's most influential learning theorists, sixteen world-renowned experts present their understanding of what learning is and how human learning takes place. Professor Knud Illeris has collected chapters that explain both the complex frameworks in which learning takes place and the specific facets of learning, such as the acquisition of learning content, personal development, and the cultural and social nature of learning processes. Each international expert provides either a seminal text or an entirely new precis of the conceptual framework they have developed over a lifetime of study.

Elucidating the key concepts of learning, Contemporary Theories of Learning provides both the perfect desk reference and an ideal introduction for students. It will prove an authoritative guide for researchers and academics involved in the study of learning, and an invaluable resource for all those dealing with learning in daily life and work. It provides a detailed synthesis of current learning theories...

all in the words of the theorists themselves. The theories ofKnud IllerisPeter JarvisRobert KeganYrjoe EngestroemBente ElkjaerJack MezirowHoward GardnerPeter AlheitJohn HeronMark TennantJerome BrunerRobin UsherThomas ZieheJean LaveEtienne WengerDanny Wildemeersch & Veerle StroobantsIn their own words.