WAYS PUPILS LEARN DIANA BURTON From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 UNIT 5.1

At the end of this unit you should be able to: appreciate the interaction between ideas about learning and pedagogic strategies begin to explain and differentiate between some psychological perspectives on learning appreciate more about your own approach to learning. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 OBJECTIVES

PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEARNING How ideas about teaching and learning interact Psychological perspectives on learning –Cognitive developmental theory Piaget –Social constructivist theory Vygotsky Bruner Constructivism Information processing theory (IP theory) Concept development From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

LEARNING STYLES, STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES Learning style Learning strategy Learning approaches From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

To explore this material further, read: Burton, D. (2009) ‘Ways pupils learn’, in S. Capel, M. Leask and T. Turner (eds) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience, 5th edn, London: Routledge. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 FURTHER INFORMATION

Bartlett, S. J. and Burton, D. M. (2007) Introduction to Education Studies, 2nd edn, London: Sage/Paul Chapman Publishing. Bee, H. and Boyd, D. (2006) The Developing Child, 11th edn, London: Allyn and Bacon. Child, D. (2007) Psychology and the Teacher, 8th edn, London: Continuum. Riding, R. (2002) School Learning and Cognitive Styles, London: David Fulton. Shayer, M. and Adey, P. (eds) (2002) Learning Intelligence: Cognitive Acceleration across the Curriculum from 5 to 15 Years, Buckingham and Philadelphia: Open University Press. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 FURTHER READING