An Introduction to Learning Theories
The Developmental Process Underpinning Learning: The Role of Theory
and Philosophy
The Founding Fathers and Philosophies of Learning
Classical and Operant Conditioning: The Early Years Experience
Piaget, Learning and Cognitive Constructivism
Vygotsky: Learning in a Social Matrix
Bandura, Bronfenbrenner and Social Learning
Bruner and Discovery Learning/Constructivism
New Perspectives: Childhood Studies
Theory in Practice: Learning and the Reflective Practitioner
The Changing Nature of Learning
Dr Colette Gray is a Chartered Developmental Psychologist at
Stranmillis University College, a College of The Queen’s University
of Belfast. She is a Principal Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies,
was until very recently the Head of Research Development and a
Visiting Professor (Child Development & Education) to the
University of St Marks & St John’s Plymouth. She has studied and
taught a range of undergraduate and post graduate degree modules to
students for more than 20 years. Editor of the International
Journal of Early Years Education, she continues to develop her
research interests in the field of participatory research which
children and marginalised groups, the impact of special needs on
children’s learning, and the ethical implications of research
involving vulnerable groups. Married for 40 years, she is the proud
grandmother of three pre-schoolers Jacob (3 yrs 6mths), Isabelle
(20 months) and Isaac (15 mths).
Sean MacBlain PhD is a distinguished author and academic
whose publications include: MacBlain (Sage, 2021) Children’s
Learning in Early Childhood; MacBlain (Sage, 2020) Child
Development for Teachers; MacBlain, Dunn and Luke (Sage, 2017)
Contemporary Childhood; Gray and MacBlain (Sage, 2015)
Learning Theories in Childhood; MacBlain, Long and Dunn, (Sage,
2015) Dyslexia, Literacy and Inclusion: Child-centred Perspectives;
MacBlain (Sage, 2014) How Children Learn. Sean’s publications
are used by students, practitioners and academics throughout the
world and have been widely translated including into Chinese and
Vietnamese. Sean was previously a senior academic at the
University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, England where he held
the positions of Research lead for the Centre for Education and
Applied Research, Research Lead for the Centre for Professional and
Educational Research, Research Coordinator for the School of
Education and Deputy Chair of the Ethics Committee. Sean has also
worked as a Senior Lecturer in Education and Developmental
Psychology at Stranmillis University College, Queen’s University
Belfast. In addition to this, Sean has worked for over twenty
years as an educational psychologist and continues in this field as
an independent practitioner.
This second edition is a fundamental text for anyone working with
children or thinking about studying children and learning. It
features extended discussion of essential theorists as well as
helpful at-a-glance tables which enable the reader to compare
different theories.
*Jenny Carpenter*
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