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Learning as dialogue

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Many of the earlier learning theories place the learner in splendid isolation. From the neo-behaviourist theories of Thorndike, Watson and Skinner, we were led to believe that learners respond to stimuli and make associations between the two, and that these links represent learning. Unported License. Unported License.

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Blogging: Five of the best

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All this has been possible because they are all labelled as Creative Commons with a repurpose licence. So here they are - the top five posts in the history of Learning With 'E's: 1. I have doctored the image with speech bubbles to illustrate my zeal for educational blogging (read it to discover the joke).

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Making the future of education

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Many would agree that a lot needs to be done to bring education up to date. Some advocate the flipped learning approach and to a certain extent, the transfer of content delivery from the classroom to the home (or elsewhere) makes a lot of sense. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. Unported License. Unported License.

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Help yourself

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This is number 15 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I featured Richard Gregory''s perceptual hypothesis and its applications to education.

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Strictly for adults?

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This is number 23 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The last post featured David Kolb and his cyclical model of experiential learning. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3.

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Botanical metaphors and learning

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I''m sure it hasn''t escaped your attention that botanical metaphors are being increasingly used to describe a variety of aspects of education, and especially digital learning. The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau likened the outcome of education to the yielding of fruit, and to highlight the need for ''cultivation'' of knowledge.

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The kids are all right

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Too often we gather to discuss education, to expound on learning theories and to congratulate ourselves for our pedagogical prowess, and yet we miss the crucial element, the context which should be central to everything we do. Where is the learner voice at learning conferences? for the future of education.