Contents:

• John Dewey: a democratic notion of learning
• Maria Montessori: liberating the child
• Jean Piaget: understanding the mind of the child
• Lev Vygotsky: an early social constructivist viewpoint
• B.F. Skinner: the father of operant conditioning
• Benjamin Bloom: learning through taxomonies
• Malcolm S. Knowles: contextualising adult learning
• Jerome Bruner: an evolution of learning theories
• Urie Brofenbrenner: the ecology of human development
• Paulo Freire: oppression, freedom and critical approaches to education
• Donald Schon: reflection and learning
• David Kolb: experiential learning theory
• Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger: socially situated learning and communities of practice
• Guy Claxton: learning power
• Dylan Wiliam: assessment for learning
• Carol Dweck: mindsets and motivation