Combining traditional views of learning and learning theory with sociocultural and historical perspectives, this Handbook brings together original contributions from respected researchers who are leading figures in the field. The editors provide a insightful introduction to the topic, and the theories, frameworks, themes and issues discussed in the individual chapters are central to each and every learning episode.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures and Tables
• Notes on the Editors and Contributors
• 1 An Introduction and a Theory of Learning - David Scott and Eleanore Hargreaves
• PART I THEORIES OF LEARNING
• 2 Introduction (Part I) - David Scott and Eleanore Hargreaves
• 3 Learning, Complexity and Emergent (Irreversible) Change - Deborah Osberg
• 4 Learning in Relation to Culture and Social Interaction - Harry Daniels
• 5 Learning and Philosophy - Emma Williams and Paul Standish
• 6 A Dialogical Relationship with Cultural-Historical Activity Theory: A Realist Perspective - Iskra Nunez
• 7 Deleuze and Learning - David R. Cole
• 8 Sociomateriality and Learning: A Critical Approach - Tara Fenwick
• 9 The Concept of Learning in a Cultural-Historical Perspective - Seth Chaiklin
• 10 The Post-Human and Responsible Experimentation in Learning - Richard Edwards
• 11 A Phenomenological Perspective on Learning - David Aldridge
• 12 Learning, Commognition and Mathematics - Anna Sfard
• PART II ELEMENTS OF LEARNING
• 13 Introduction (Part II) - David Scott and Eleanore Hargreaves
• 14 Knowledge, Curriculum and Learning: ‘What Did You Learn in School?’ - Alex Moore
• 15 A Social Semiotic Multimodal Approach to Learning - Gunther Kress and Jeff Bezemer
• 16 Learners, Politics and Education - Rebecca Webb and Barbara Crossouard
• 17 Learning, Governance and the European Educational Space - Martin Lawn and Rosario Sergio Maniscalco
• 18 The Elements of a Learning Environment - David Scott and Carol Evans
• PART III CURRICULUM, PEDAGOGY AND ASSESSMENT
• 19 Introduction (Part III) - Eleanore Hargreaves and David Scott
• 20 Formative Assessment: A Success Story? - John Pryor
• 21 Professional Development in Dialogic Teaching: Helping Teachers Promote Argument Literacy in Their Classrooms - Alina Reznitskaya and Ian Wilkinson
• 22 Interactions between Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Elementary Classrooms - Aki Murata
• 23 Violence in Schools: The Role of Authoritarian Learning - Clive Harber
• 24 Learning, Pedagogy and Assessment - Bethan Marshall
• 25 Teaching and Learning in a Global World - Lisa Smulyan
• 26 Learning in a Professional Learning Community: The Challenge Evolves - Vicki A. Vescio and Alyson Adams
• PART IV THE LEARNER
• 27 Introduction (Part IV) - Eleanore Hargreaves and David Scott
• 28 Metacognition and Self-Regulation in Learning - Deborah L. Butler
• 29 Pedagogy, Fear and Learning - Eleanore Hargreaves
• 30 Meta-Learning in Classrooms - Chris Watkins
• 31 Transformative Learning - Knud Illeris
• 32 Learning and Pedagogic Relations - Tone Saevi
• 33 Affective Dimensions of Learning - Carolyn Jackson
• 34 The Impact of Gender, Race and Class on Learning Dispositions in Schools - Diane Reay
• 35 Learning and New Media - Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope
• 36 Harnessing the Power of Knowledge and Beliefs in Teaching and Learning: Interventions that Promote Change - P. Karen Murphy, Carla M. Firetto and Valerie A. Long
• 37 An End-Piece with Some Reflections on Learning - David Scott and Eleanore Hargreaves
• Subject Index