How We Learn: Learning and Non-Learning in School and Beyond

by Knud Illeris

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 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.

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Josef Kreitmayer · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice one ; )

for getting into the subject of "learning" I would recommend that as one of the books as intro

; )

[Lizzie Bray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating read.