How Children Learn
Understanding How Children Learn is a vital part of working with children. Every child is unique and understanding differences in learning helps all to benefit.
This book goes beyond simply understanding the work of key theorists and the various theories of learning to recognise what learning actually looks like and how it is best facilitated in any setting.
Each chapter includes:
- Exercises to help you evaluate your understanding and practice
- Examples taken from real experiences to illustrate concepts beyond the theory
- Summaries to help you take the key messages from each chapter
- Suggestions for further reading to help push your own learning further.
Looking at key topics such as brain development, technology in childhood and barriers to learning, this book will explain what learning really is.
Why not also have a look at the companion title Learning Theories in Childhood to explore the key learning theories?
Sean MacBlain is Reader in Child Development and Disability at the University of St. Mark & St. John, Plymouth.
Excellent resource for my students will recommend they all use this for their course.
This is a very accessible text which is clearly laid out to enable the reader to access specific topics should they wish.
It has helpful examples and exercise's throughout which encourage the reader to apply the theory that they are learning about in order to promote depth of understanding.
The summaries at the end of each chapter are also helpful as a brief check of both learning and understanding.
Well written book suitable across all levels on all early years courses.
Particularly like the section on importance of language. Like the fact that exercises are interspersed to ensure understanding and underpin learning
Supports learning across an ITE curriculum. Easy to access and would be ideal for student teachers.
An essential book for anyone who wants to understand the theories of how children learn. It looks at different aspects of learning and gives suggestions for further reading.
This book has useful reading on theories of learning. The chapters on Communities of learning and Additional Support needs are also good.
Really useful book- introduces the readers to different theories of learning – helpful summary of different pioneers/theorists/approaches. Would have liked to see reference to some more contemporary/current thinkers/pioneers. Up to date with reference to academies as a community of learning – useful for promoting discussions. Liked the examples and exercises.
An invaluable text, wide-ranging in its scope and highly relevant to its target audience. Theories and research are explained clearly and considered critically.
An excellent text, highly accessible and now recommended as essential reading on the PGCE.
