How We Learn

In today's knowledge- and information-led society, concepts of lifelong learning have become crucial to both the formation of policy and practice and the individual experience of learning. 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 takes up a broad range of other important questions in relation to learning, such as learning and the body, modern research into learning and brain functions, self-perception, motivation, competence development, intelligence, learning style, learning in relation to gender, life age, teaching, school-based learning, net-based learning, workplace learning and educational politics. This vital textbook 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. How We Learn examines all the key factors that help to create an holistic understanding of what learning actually is and how and why learning and non-learning take place. It is also a refreshing and thought-provoking piece of scholarly work incorporating new research material, new understandings and new points of view. Knud Illeris is Professor of Lifelong Learning at the Learning Lab Denmark, the Danish University of Education, Denmark.Illeris, Knud is the author of 'How We Learn', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415438476 and ISBN 0415438470.