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Theories of learning

A number of theories have been developed about how people learn. This section provides an introduction to some well known explanations of learning that may have relevance for guidance.

Here is an article offering a trainer's perspective on adult learning from Jane Artess (2003), working at that time for MMU: How adults really learn – or what we think we know about how they learn!

Summaries of seven selected approaches to how people learn follow (contribution by Jenny Bimrose, 2003):

Links to subsections:

Differential Psychology Theories of learning

Behaviourism Theories of learning

A Cognitive Approach to Learning Theories of learning

Humanistic Psychology Theories of learning

Psychoanalytic Approach Theories of learning

Neurobiological Approach Theories of learning

The Phenomenographic Model Theories of learning

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