Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective - Hardcover

Schunk, Dale H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0675206448 ISBN 13: 9780675206440

Publisher: Merrill Pub Co, 1991

Synopsis

Written to inform students of the main principles, concepts, and research findings of key theories of learning–especially as they relate to education–and to provide applications of principles and concepts in settings where teaching and learning occur, this revised text blends theory, research, and applications throughout, providing its readers with a coherent and unified perspective on learning in educational settings. The primary emphasis is placed on cognitive theories that stress learners’ constructions of beliefs, skills, strategies, and knowledge, but behavioral theories are also discussed in detail. Chapters have numerous applications of learning principles to applied settings including vignettes at the start of each chapter illustrating some of the principles discussed in the chapter, examples and applications throughout the chapters, and separate sections on instructional applications at the end of each chapter.

Key features of this revised text include: a new chapter on Self-Regulation (Chapter 9); core chapters on the neuroscience of learning (Chapter 2), constructivism (Chapter 6), cognitive learning processes (Chapter 7), motivation (Chapter 8), and development (Chapter 10) all related to teaching and learning; updated sections on learning from technology and electronic media and how these advancements effectively promote learning in students (Chapters 7 & 10); detailed information on content-area learning and models of instruction to form coherence and connection between teaching and learning in different content areas, learning principles, and processes (Chapters 2-10); and over 140 new references on the latest theoretical ideas, research findings, and applications in the field. An essential resource for understanding key learning theoretical principles, concepts, and research findings–especially as they relate to education–this proven text blends theory, research, and applications throughout, providing its readers with a coherent and unified perspective on learning in educational settings.

About this title

From the Publisher

Ideal for students with minimal course background in psychology, this text balances coverage of theories, principles, and research findings appropriate for human learning -- with an emphasis on specific examples of their application in a variety of educational settings.

From the Back Cover

Key Benefit: Balances coverage of theories, principles, and research findings appropriate for human learning — with an emphasis on specific examples of their application in a variety of educational settings. Key Topics: Features three chapters on cognitive learning principles — with information on information processing, knowledge acquisition, constructivism, problem solving, and learning in the content areas (e.g., math, reading, writing, science). Includes expanded coverage on how learning and motivation are related. Contains a chapter that shows how learning principles apply to self-regulation, new material on transfer, and includes a section on constructivism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Merrill Pub Co
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0675206448
• ISBN 13: 9780675206440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 402