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This textbook gives readers a clear overview of a selection of 19 of the most influential thinkers on education, including established names (Vygotsky, Bruner, Dewey), more recent thinkers (Freire, hooks, Claxton) and other key names whose writing has helped shaped our views on teaching and learning.

Each chapter includes practical examples showing how theories can be used to inform classroom teaching, and critiques of each theorist exploring opposing viewpoints and the strengths and weaknesses of different ideas.

This third edition includes:

• New chapters on Barak Rosenshine and Daniel Goleman
• Revamped reflective tasks with a greater practical focus for the classroom

• More models and theoretical diagrams throughout
  This is an essential primer for any university course that includes learning theory, with particular relevance for initial teacher education, education studies and early childhood degrees.

  Karl Aubrey has recently retired from his post at Bishop Grosseteste University.

  Alison Riley is the Programme Leader for the BA Early Childhood Studies at Bishop Grosseteste University.

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  John Dewey: A Democratic Notion of Learning
  Maria Montessori: Liberating the Child
  Jean Piaget: Understanding the Mind of the Child
  Lev Vygotsky: An Early Social Constructivist Viewpoint
  B.F. Skinner: The Father of Operant Conditioning
  Benjamin Bloom: Learning Through Taxonomies
  Malcolm S. Knowles: Contextualising Adult Learning
  Jerome Bruner: An Evolution of Learning Theories
  Albert Bandura: Learning Through Observation
  Urie Bronfenbrenner: The Ecology of Human Development
  Paulo Freire: Oppression, Freedom and Critical Approaches to Education
  Donald Schön: Reflection and Learning
  David Kolb: Experiential Learning Theory
  Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger: Socially Situated Learning and Communities of Practice
  Barak Rosenshine: Principles of Instruction
  Daniel Goleman: Emotional Intelligence
  Guy Claxton: Learning Power
  Dylan Wiliam: Assessment for Learning
  Carol Dweck: Mindsets and Motivation