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LEARNING THEORIES / THEORISTS
A very useful list of sources on adult learning. Some interesting articles about learning theories. http://adulted.about.com/cs/learningtheory/index.htm?once=true&
Bloom's Learning Taxonomy - a good summary at: http://www.businessballs.com/bloomstaxonomyoflearningdomains.htm
Don Clark's section on Bloom at: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html
How does learning happen best ? from Phil Race and contained within the Deliberations web site http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/deliberations/effective-learning/happen/
The Informal Education web site has much content about adult learning, theories, models and approaches. It includes
thinkers 'These pages explore the contributions of some of the thinkers central to the development of the theory and practice of lifelong learning and informal education'. A very impressive list including:
Learning-Theories.com A new and interesting resource which describes itself as follows:
'This knowledge base features learning theories that address how people learn. A resource useful for scholars of various fields such as educational psychology, instructional design, and human-computer interaction. Below is the index of learning theories, grouped in somewhat arbitrary categories. Note that this website is an iterative project and these entries are a work in progress; please leave comments with suggestions, corrections, and additional references.
We need writers! Please contribute new entries or revisions to this knowledge base.
Email your contribution to: info [at] learning-theories.com.'
This is an interesting and really worthwhile project, but be aware of the limitation which is in bold above.
Browse it at www.learning-theories.com
Learning Theory Foundations http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/edp511/Lt1kjs.html
Learning Theory Resources - A Collection from Marsha L. Burmeister, Ed.D., and available at: http://www.nova.edu/~burmeist/learning_theory.html
Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development at Oxford Brookes University items :
The Theory Into Practice Database (TIP) is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The TIP database contains descriptions of 50 theories relevant to human learning and instruction. Each description includes the following sections : overview, scope/application, example, principles, and references. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts. A very useful resource when you're seeking to get to grips with theories of teaching or learning, and want a clear and accessible summary. Some are excluded (e.g. Dewey, Freire, Illich) as being more 'philosophical', but a site well worth using, and which can link you to other interesting areas. http://tip.psychology.org/
CARL ROGERS
Carl Rogers and informal education - A biography which surveys his role in creating client-centered therapy. Full, useful, with further sources and links included.
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-rogers.htm
http://www.onepine.info/proger.htm
DAVID KOLB
Kolb,D.A. (1984) Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and development. (New Jersey, Prentice-Hall Inc.)
A summary of Kolb's theory placed in a wider discussion of learning theories by Curtis Kelly, in a piece called 'David Kolb, the theory of Experiential Learning and ESL' http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Kelly-Experiential/
MOTIVATION
A useful site, summarising several key motivation theories, with attached reading lists. http://choo.fis.utoronto.ca/FIS/Courses/LIS1230/LIS1230sharma/motive1.htm Gawel, Joseph E. Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and
Guide from 'about.com' which lists several sources relating to motivation, including psychology.about.com/cs/somotiv/index.htm?terms=motivation
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