How We Learn

by Knud Illeris (Aarhus University, Denmark.)

How We Learn deals with the fundamental issues of the processes of learning, critically assessing different types of learning and obstacles to learning. It also considers a broad range of other important questions in relation to learning such as:

• modern research into learning and brain functions
• self-perception, motivation and competence development
• teaching, intelligence and learning style
• learning in relation to gender and life age.

The book provides a comprehensive introduction to both traditional learning theory and the newest international research into learning processes, while at the same time being an innovative contribution to a new and more holistic understanding of learning including discussion on school-based learning, net-based learning, workplace learning and educational politics.

How We Learn examines all the key factors that help to create a holistic understanding of what learning actually is and why and how learning and non-learning take place. It is also however a refreshing and thought-provoking piece of scholarly work as it adds new research material, new understandings and new points of view.

'This is a book which I will return to and come to value for its ability to provoke reassessments of my understanding of learning.' - Teaching and Learning Update

How We Learn is quite excellent- very well designed and very readable - 'British Journal of Educational Technology

Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Basis of The Understanding of Learning Part 3: The Processes and Dimensions of Learning Part 4: Different Types of Learning Part 5: The Content Dimension of Learning Part 6: The Incentive Dimension of Learning Part 7: The Interaction Dimensions of Learning Part 8: Learning As Whole Part 9: Barriers to Learning Part 10: Learning, Dispositions and Preconditions Part 11: Learning and Life Course Part 12: Learning In Different Learning Spaces Part 13: Learning, Education and Society Part 14: Overview