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Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Learning

Learning: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback): Mark Haselgrove Learning: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Mark Haselgrove
R278 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Save R28 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

What is learning? How does it take place? What happens when it goes wrong? The topic of learning has been central to the development of the science of psychology since its inception. Without learning there can be no memory, no language and no intelligence. Indeed it is rather difficult to imagine a part of psychology, or neuroscience, that learning does not touch upon. In this Very Short Introduction Mark Haselgrove describes learning from the perspective of associative theories of classical and instrumental conditioning, and considers why these are the dominant, and best described analyses of learning in contemporary psychology. Tracing the origins of these theories, he discusses the techniques used to study learning in both animals and humans, and considers the importance of learning for animal behaviour and survival. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

The Science of Self-Learning - How to Teach Yourself Anything, Learn More in Less Time, and Direct Your Own Education... The Science of Self-Learning - How to Teach Yourself Anything, Learn More in Less Time, and Direct Your Own Education (Paperback)
Peter Hollins
R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Narrative Thinking and Storytelling for Problem Solving in Science Education (Paperback): John Thomas Riley, Luisa... Narrative Thinking and Storytelling for Problem Solving in Science Education (Paperback)
John Thomas Riley, Luisa Dall'acqua
R3,405 Discovery Miles 34 050 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The 21st century has seen no shortage of historic problems, which has begged the question, How is society preparing today's young people to take on these challenges? There have been a fair number of obscure but promising approaches that warrant testing but do not currently attract the level of attention needed to secure the necessary resources for a proper test. Narrative Thinking and Storytelling for Problem Solving in Science Education is an essential academic publication that focuses on the use of storytelling to respond to the fundamental need to share experiences while also inspiring world-changing solutions through the stimulation of curiosity, imagination, and reflection. Focusing on this widespread, powerful, and multifaceted form of communication, this book centers on the use of storytelling as a narrative and rhetorical technique in scientific knowledge, research, teaching, and learning. Covering topics such as digital storytelling, narrative schema, and mediation, this powerful reference source is ideal for researchers, scientists, instructional designers, communication specialists, and academicians.

Accelerated Learning - 3 Books in 1 - Photographic Memory: Simple, Proven Methods to Remembering Anything, Speed Reading: How... Accelerated Learning - 3 Books in 1 - Photographic Memory: Simple, Proven Methods to Remembering Anything, Speed Reading: How to Read a Book a Day, Mindfulness: 7 Secrets to Stop Worrying (Paperback)
Ryan James
R497 Discovery Miles 4 970 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The highly effective driving instructor - Secret keys to a successful driver training (Paperback): Volny Dorceus The highly effective driving instructor - Secret keys to a successful driver training (Paperback)
Volny Dorceus
R405 Discovery Miles 4 050 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Neuroimaging of Human Memory - Linking cognitive processes to neural systems (Hardcover): Frank Roesler, Charan Ranganath,... Neuroimaging of Human Memory - Linking cognitive processes to neural systems (Hardcover)
Frank Roesler, Charan Ranganath, Brigitte Roeder, Rainer Kluwe
R5,780 Discovery Miles 57 800 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In the past 20 years, neuroimaging has provided us with a wealth of data regarding human memory. However, to what extent can neuroimaging constrain, support or falsify psychological theories of memory? To what degree is research on the biological bases of memory actually guided by psychological theory?
In looking at the close interaction between neuroimaging research and psychological theories of human memory, this book presents a state-of-the-art exploration of imaging research on human memory, along with accounts of the significance of these findings with regard to fundamental psychological questions. The book starts with a summary of some of the conceptual problems we face in understanding neuroimaging data. It then looks at the four areas of human memory research that have been most intensively studied with modern brain imaging tools - Learning and consolidation, Working memory control processes and storage, Long-term memory representations, and Retrieval control processes. Throughout, the book shows how brain imaging methods, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG), can help us increase our knowledge of how human memory is organized, how memory representations are stored, consolidated and retrieved, and how access to memory contents is controlled. With all chapters written by leading researchers in the field, the book will be essential for all those interested in the psychology and neuroscience of memory.

The Continuity of Mind (Paperback): Michael Spivey The Continuity of Mind (Paperback)
Michael Spivey
R1,678 Discovery Miles 16 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The cognitive and neural sciences have been on the brink of a paradigm shift for over a decade now. The traditional information-processing framework in psychology, with its computer metaphor of the mind, is still considered to be the mainstream approach. However, the dynamical-systems perspective on mental activity is now receiving a more rigorous treatment, allowing it to move beyond the trendy buzzwords that have become associated with it. The Continuity of Mind will help to galvanize the forces of dynamical systems theory, cognitive and computational neuroscience, connectionism, and ecological psychology that are needed to complete this paradigm shift.
In this book, Michael Spivey lays bare the fact that comprehending a spoken sentence, understanding a visual scene, or just thinking about the day's events involves the coalescing of different neuronal activation patterns over time, i.e., a continuous state-space trajectory that flirts with a series of point attractors. As a result, the brain cannot help but spend most of its time instantiating patterns of activity that are in between identifiable mental states rather than in them. When this scenario is combined with the fact that most cognitive processes are richly embedded in their environmental context in real time, the state space (in which brief visitations of attractor basins are your 'thoughts') suddenly encompasses not just neuronal dimensions, but extends to biomechanical and environmental dimensions as well. As a result, your moment-by-moment experience of the world around you, even right now, can be described as a continuous trajectory through a high-dimensional state space that comprises diverse mental states.
Spivey has organized The Continuity of Mind to present a systematic overview of how perception, cognition, and action are partially overlapping segments of one continuous mental flow, rather than three distinct mental systems. As a result, the apparent partitions that were once thought to separate mental constructs inevitably turn out, upon closer inspection, to be fuzzy graded transitions. The initial chapters provide first-hand demonstrations of the 'gray areas' in mental activity that happen in between discretely labeled mental events, as well as geometric visualizations of attractors in state space that make the dynamical-systems framework seem less mathematically abstract. The middle chapters present scores of behavioral and neurophysiological studies that portray the continuous temporal dynamics inherent in categorization, language comprehension, visual perception, as well as attention, action, and reasoning. The final chapters discuss what the mind itself must look like if its activity is continuous in time and its contents are distributed in state space. The Continuity of Mind is essential reading for those in the cognitive and neural sciences who want to see where the Dynamical Cognition movement is taking us.

Handbook of Experiential Learning and Management Education (Hardcover): Michael Reynolds, Russ Vince Handbook of Experiential Learning and Management Education (Hardcover)
Michael Reynolds, Russ Vince
R2,947 Discovery Miles 29 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

While Experiential Learning has been one of the most influential methods in the education and development of managers and management students, it has also been one of the most misunderstood. This Handbook offers the reader a comprehensive picture of current thinking on experiential learning; ideas and examples of experiential learning in practice; and it emphasises the importance of experiential learning to the future of management education.
Contributors include:
Chris Argyris, Joseph Champoux, D. Christopher Kayes, Ruth Colquhoun, John Coopey, Nelarine Cornelius, Elizabeth L. Creese,
Gordon Dehler, Andrea Ellinger, Meretta Elliott, Silvia Gherardi, Jeff Gold, Steve G. Green, Kurt Heppard, Anne Herbert, Robin Holt, Martin J. Hornyak, Paula Hyde, Tusse Sidenius Jensen, Sandra Jones, Anna Kayes, Kirsi Korpiaho, Tracy Lamping, Tony Lingham, Enrico Maria Piras, Sallyanne Miller, Amar Mistry, Dale Murray, Jean Neumann, Barbara Poggio, Keijo Rasanen, Peter Reason, Michael Reynolds, Bente Rugaard Thorsen, Burkard Sievers, Stephen Smith, Sari Stenfors, Antonio Strati, Elaine Swan, Jane Thompson, Richard Thorpe, Kiran Trehan, Russ Vince, Jane Rohde Voight, Tony Watson, and Ann Welsh.

Child Language - The Parametric Approach (Paperback, New): William Snyder Child Language - The Parametric Approach (Paperback, New)
William Snyder
R1,335 Discovery Miles 13 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a systematic presentation of the parametric approach to child language. Linguistic theory seeks to specify the range of grammars permitted by the human language faculty and thereby to specify the child's "hypothesis space" during language acquisition. Theories of language variation have central implications for the study of child language, and vice versa. Yet the acquisitional predictions of such theories are seldom tested against attested data. This book aims to redress this neglect. It considers the nature of the information the child must acquire according to the various linguistic theories. In doing so it sets out in detail the practical aspects of acquisitional research, addresses the challenges of working with children of different ages, and shows how the resulting data can be used to test theories of grammatical variation. Particular topics examined in depth include the acquisition of syllable structure, empty categories, and wh-movement. The data sets on which the book draws are freely available to students and researchers via a website maintained by the author.
The book is written for scholars and students of child language acquisition in linguistics, psychology, and cognitive science. It will be a valuable reference for researchers in child language acquisition in all fields.

Beyond the Learning Curve - The construction of mind (Paperback, New): Craig Speelman, Kim Kirsner Beyond the Learning Curve - The construction of mind (Paperback, New)
Craig Speelman, Kim Kirsner
R2,794 Discovery Miles 27 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

For years now, learning has been at the heart of research within cognitive psychology. How do we acquire new knowledge and new skills? Are the principles underlying skill acquisition unique to learning, or similar to those underlying other behaviours? Is the mental system essentially modular, or is the mental system a simple product of experience, a product that, inevitably, reflects the shape of the external world with all of its specialisms and similarities? This new books takes the view that learning is a major influence on the nature of the processes and representations that fill our minds. Throughout, the authors review and consider the psychological research areas of skill acquisition and lexical representation to illustrate the effects that practice can have on cognitive phenomena. They also draw parallels between theories in physical and biological domains to not only propose a new theory of mental function but also demonstrate that the mind is subject to the same natural laws as the physical world. In so doing Speelman and Kirsner present a new perspective on Psychology--one that identifies universal principles underlying all behaviours and one which contrasts markedly from our current focus on highly specific behaviours. Accessibly written, Beyond the Learning Curve is a thought provoking and challenging new text for students and researchers in the cognitive sciences.

You++ - How to be More Successful by Embracing AI (Paperback): John Michaelis You++ - How to be More Successful by Embracing AI (Paperback)
John Michaelis
R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Real Learning - A Bridge to Cognitive Neuroscience (Paperback, New): Harry Morgan Real Learning - A Bridge to Cognitive Neuroscience (Paperback, New)
Harry Morgan
R1,509 Discovery Miles 15 090 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The intellectual distance between education and cognitive neuroscience will be significantly shortened for all who read about the contributions of cognitive neuroscience to teaching and learning initiatives. This book integrates the ideas of the major theorists and focuses on the six significant domains of neuroscience (experience, attention, perception, knowledge, acquisition, memory, and retrieval) relationships to information processing. Explanatory vignettes are inserted throughout the text to provide practical examples of how learners acquire, organize, and use knowledge.

Expertise, Pedagogy and Practice (Hardcover): David Simpson, David Beckett Expertise, Pedagogy and Practice (Hardcover)
David Simpson, David Beckett
R4,347 Discovery Miles 43 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Expertise, Pedagogy and Practice takes as its focus recent work on situated and embodied cognition, the concepts of expertise, skill and practice, and contemporary pedagogical theory. This work has made important steps towards overcoming traditional intellectualist and individualist models of cognition, group interaction and learning, but has in turn generated a number of important questions about the shape of a model that emphasizes learning and interaction as situated and embodied. Bringing together philosophers, cognitive scientists and education theorists, the collection asks and explores a variety of different questions. Can a group learn? Is expertise distributed? How can we make sense of a normative dimension of expertise or skill? How situation-specific is expertise? How can groups shape or generate expert practice? Through these lenses, this collection advances a more experientially holistic approach to the characterisation and growth of human expertise. This book was originally published as a special issue of Educational Philosophy and Theory.

Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul - Facilitator's Guide: Redefining Curriculum, Instruction, and Concept-Based Learning... Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul - Facilitator's Guide: Redefining Curriculum, Instruction, and Concept-Based Learning (Paperback, 3rd ed.)
H.Lynn Erickson
R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Demonstrate how teachers can use a "conceptual lens" to design instructional units and differentiated lessons that deepen students' thinking skills and inspire a genuine love of learning.

The Musical Mind - The Cognitive Psychology of Music (Paperback): John A. Sloboda The Musical Mind - The Cognitive Psychology of Music (Paperback)
John A. Sloboda
R2,430 Discovery Miles 24 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What are the mental processes involved in listening to, performing, and composing music? What is involved in 'understanding' a piece of music? How are such skills acquired?

Questions such as these form the basis of the cognitive psychology of music. The author addresses these questions by surveying the growing experimental literature on the subject. The topics covered will be of interest to psychologists, as windows onto a human cognitive skill of some complexity that is only now beginning to receive the attention devoted to such skills as language. They are also relevant to musicians who are seeking to understand the psychological bases of their skills.

The author does not simply review existing research, but takes a critical look at what has been achieved in the subject, introducing such topics as composition and musical skill in non-literate cultures. He draws freely on his own knowledge and experience as a practising musician, as well as a psychologist, to provide an overview that is scholarly and also accessible to the general reader.

Strategic Learning: A Holistic Approach To Studying (Paperback): Robert K. Kamei Strategic Learning: A Holistic Approach To Studying (Paperback)
Robert K. Kamei; Edited by Fun Man Fung, Magdeline Ng
R751 Discovery Miles 7 510 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'Dr Bob was our pediatrician. If we could trust him with our kids, you can trust him with how to learn better. I discovered many surprising truths about learning in this book, so follow the scientific research and become a better learner.'Guy KawasakiBestselling book author, chief evangelist of Canva and creator of the 'Remarkable People' podcast Most 'how to learn' books focus only on study techniques. However, knowing these study techniques doesn't guarantee they will be successfully implemented. Based on Professor Kamei's popular undergraduate course at the National University of Singapore, the author shares his unique perspective as an educator and physician to provide a strategic approach to learning that will benefit all students looking to optimize their learning.His extensive experience with helping students with their studies has identified a wide variety of reasons why they were not learning properly. What throws many learners off is that they hold certain myths that result in poor study habits. Learners who understand the truth behind these myths can use this knowledge to better plan their study and have an advantage over others that don't.Furthermore, modifying your study methods won't make much difference if you are too sleepy to learn or lack the motivation and self-discipline to pick up a book. These foundational aspects of learning also need to be solidly in place. This book takes learners through the author's holistic method to help students learn better and meet whatever learning challenges they face.Learners of all ages who wish to optimize their learning will benefit from this book, as well as educators seeking an approach to help their students learn better.Related Link(s)

The Vowel and Consonant Letter Made Easy - Letter Made Easy (Paperback): Olarinmade Pius Gbenga The Vowel and Consonant Letter Made Easy - Letter Made Easy (Paperback)
Olarinmade Pius Gbenga
R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting (Hardcover): Harold Rosenbaum A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting (Hardcover)
Harold Rosenbaum
R4,924 Discovery Miles 49 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Rooted in the experience of a professional choral conductor, this book provides a guide to practical issues facing conductors of choral ensembles at all levels, from youth choruses to university ensembles, church and community choirs, and professional vocal groups. Paired with the discussion of practical challenges is a discussion of over fifty key works from the choral literature, with performance suggestions to aid the choral conductor in directing each piece. Dealing with often-overlooked yet vital considerations such as how to work with composers, recording, concert halls, and choral tours, A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting offers a valuable resource for both emerging choral conductors and students of choral conducting at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Slow Looking - The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation (Paperback): Shari Tishman Slow Looking - The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation (Paperback)
Shari Tishman
R1,171 Discovery Miles 11 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Slow Looking provides a robust argument for the importance of slow looking in learning environments both general and specialized, formal and informal, and its connection to major concepts in teaching, learning, and knowledge. A museum-originated practice increasingly seen as holding wide educational benefits, slow looking contends that patient, immersive attention to content can produce active cognitive opportunities for meaning-making and critical thinking that may not be possible though high-speed means of information delivery. Addressing the multi-disciplinary applications of this purposeful behavioral practice, this book draws examples from the visual arts, literature, science, and everyday life, using original, real-world scenarios to illustrate the complexities and rewards of slow looking.

String Methods for Beginners (Paperback): Selim Giray String Methods for Beginners (Paperback)
Selim Giray
R1,414 Discovery Miles 14 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

String Methods for Beginners is designed for students to receive the essential playing and teaching skills on all orchestral string instruments. The goal of this textbook is to be truly methodical in its approach, and to assist the instructor, completely eliminating the need to do additional research, or reorganization in preparation to teach this class. Students will gain the basic knowledge and experience to teach bowed stringed instruments in public schools. String Methods for Beginners covers the necessary topics to learn and teach the violin, viola, cello, and string bass. It explores the fundamentals of those instruments and teaching considerations, utilizing a heterogeneous approach. As the primary resource to any college- and university-level String Techniques, String Methods, or Instrumental Methods class, this course book fits into a standard semester, comprised of 25 lessons, which correspond with two hourly classes per week for the term. It provides the instructor with the tools to teach a classroom of non-majors or string education majors, or a mixed classroom of both. FEATURES Offers a blueprint for a semester long string methods course. For beginning students, and also comprehensive for more in-depth study or for reference. Logical, step-by-step "recipe-like" approach.

Introduction to Learning and Behavior (Paperback, 5th edition): Diane Symbaluk, Russell Powell, P. Honey Introduction to Learning and Behavior (Paperback, 5th edition)
Diane Symbaluk, Russell Powell, P. Honey
R1,225 R1,143 Discovery Miles 11 430 Save R82 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR, 5th Edition provides you with a clear introduction to the basic principles of behavior presented in an accessible, engaging manner. Using examples derived from both animals and humans, the text vividly illustrates the relevance of behavioral principles to understanding and improving human behavior. The authors demonstrate the application of behavioral principles to such relevant issues as improving your study behavior, reducing procrastination, raising children, and managing relationships. To help you maximize your learning, the text is packed with innovative study and review tools to further your understanding of key concepts.

Developmental and Educational Psychology for Teachers - An applied approach (Paperback, 2nd edition): Dennis McInerney, David... Developmental and Educational Psychology for Teachers - An applied approach (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Dennis McInerney, David Putwain
R1,405 Discovery Miles 14 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Developmental and Educational Psychology for Teachers brings together a range of evidence drawn from psychology to answer a number of critical educational questions, from basic questions of readiness - for example, when is a child ready for school, through to more complex matters, such as how does a teacher understand and promote good peer relationships in their classroom? The answers to these and other questions discussed draw here on the interplay between a teachers' craft expertise and their knowledge of evidence and theory from developmental and educational psychology. Presenting a range of classic theories and contemporary research to help readers understand what the key issues are for teachers and other professionals, this book aides informed educational decisions in situations such as: inclusion, ability grouping, sex differences, developing creativity, home and peer influences on learning, and developing effective learners. Teachers in early years, primary and secondary settings are routinely faced with questions regarding the development of children. This not only relates to the planning and delivery of lessons, but also to the mental and physical wellbeing of the children and adolescents that they teach. The pedagogical features of this book are accessible and clearly presented, including focus questions that direct the reader's attention to key issues, activity posts that point the reader to meaningful and relevant research and show the practical applications of material covered, and extension material that gives depth to many of the topics covered. This book aims to inform the practice of both in-service and trainee teachers, addressing issues that are relevant to their practice. With no other detailed and accessible text presenting this evidence and theory specifically for an audience of practicing and trainee teachers currently on the market, this book will be of essential reading to practicing and trainee teachers for early years, primary and secondary education and other related educational contexts such as educational psychologists, counsellors, paediatric and child doctors and nurses.

Code Green on Dyscalculia - A Guide for Educators, Parents, Counselors, and other Professionals (Paperback): Helmy Faber Code Green on Dyscalculia - A Guide for Educators, Parents, Counselors, and other Professionals (Paperback)
Helmy Faber
R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Fundamental Process of Reading 1 - Phonics (Paperback): Paul Kwajaffa Fundamental Process of Reading 1 - Phonics (Paperback)
Paul Kwajaffa
R269 Discovery Miles 2 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition - Advanced Methods to Learn, Remember, and Master New Skills and Information... The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition - Advanced Methods to Learn, Remember, and Master New Skills and Information (Paperback)
Peter Hollins
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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