Contemporary theories of learning : learning theorists ... in their own words / edited by Knud Illeris

A comprehensive understanding of human learning / Knud Illeris -- Learning to be a person in society : learning to be me / Peter Jarvis -- What "form" transforms? : a constructive-developmental approach to transformative learning / Robert Kegan -- Expansive learning : toward an activity-theoretical reconceptualization / Yrjö Engeström -- Pragmatism : a learning theory for the future / Bente Elkjaer -- An overview on transformative learning / Jack Mezirow -- Multiple approaches to understanding / Howard Gardner -- Biographical learning within the new lifelong learning discourse / Peter Alheit -- Life cycles and learning cycles / John Heron -- Adult education as a technology of the self / Mark Tennant -- Culture, mind, and education / Jerome Bruner -- Experience in adult learning / Robin Usher -- "Normal learning problems" in youth in the context of underlying cultural convictions / Thomas Ziehe -- The practice of learning / Jean Lave -- A social theory of learning / Etienne Wenger -- Transitional learning and reflexive facilitation : the case of learning for work / Danny Wildemeersch & Veerle Stroobants

In this definitive collection of today's most influential learning theorists, 16 world-renowned experts present their understanding of what learning is and how human learning takes places.