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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807966503321

Autore

O'Connell Brian

Titolo

Aspects of learning / / [by] Brian O'Connell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012, c1973

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

©1973

ISBN

1-136-45312-1

1-280-77636-6

9786613686756

1-136-45313-X

0-203-12591-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Education ; ; v. 237

Disciplina

370.15/2

370.152

370.1523

Soggetti

Learning, Psychology of

Educational psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1973 by George Allen and Unwin Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Aspects of Learning; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Simple Learning; 2. Operant Conditioning and Programmed Learning; 3. Insightful Learning; 4. Transfer of Learning; 5. Physiological Processes Involved in Learning; 6. Motivation, Emotion and Learning; 7. Development and Learning; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The time has passed when learning was identified purely as a process involving the ability to store and recall knowledge and facts, and the competence to produce them when required. These abilities still seriously concern the potential teacher and this book duly examines them, but the 'whys' and the 'hows' of learning and teaching are now considered as important as the implanting of facts for regurgitation at exam time.Some children learn more quickly than others, some can remember facts more easily, and a teacher must ask several fundamental questions in order to understand the factors at