Routledge International Handbook of Learning

Peter Jarvis is Professor of Continuing Education at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.Mary Watts is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at City University, London, UK.

• Introduction: Learning – an overview Part 1 Learning and the Person SensesCognitionsSkills and rolesEmotionsEmbodimentGenderIdentityPersonality, Personality Traits and Learning StylesNon-learningPart 2 Learning across the LifespanPrenatal and the First YearEarly ChildhoodThe School YearsAdolescenceAdulthoodMid-lifeOlder AdultsBiographyDevelopmentPart 3 Learning across the Disciplines PhilosophyEthics e.g. indoctrination, socialisationPsychology – cognitive and evolutionarySociologyAnthropologyPolitics Geography/Cultural differencesBiology – evolution and geneticsPharmacology NeurosciencePhysiologyPart 4 Meaning Systems’ Interpretation BuddhistChristianConfucianismHinduIslamicJewishPart 5 Learning Sites Informal learning - everyday livingFormal learning – schoolNon-formal learning – workLearning and the inter-relationship of the sites of learning in everyday livingSelf-directed learning e-learningPart 6 Learning and Disability Physical disabilities Autism, dyslexia and dyscalculia and other learning difficultiesPart 7 Historical and Contemporary Learning Theorists Pavlov, Watson, SkinnerPiagetVigotskyDeweyBrunerGardnerJarvisIllerisMezirowEngestromConcluding Discussion