Adult Learning Theory Resources

This is part II of organising posts from this blog into grouped resources for the nurse educator, and the focus is on learning theories. Part I were resources to support and direct the understanding of the nurse educator. Part III will focus on education delivery methods.

Adult Learning Theory

• Adult Learning (Androgogy)
• 5 Perspectives of Learning
• Self-determined learning (Heutagogy)

Constructivist Theory 

• Bloom’s Taxonomy & Constructivism
• Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development
• Radical Constructivism & Ernst von Glasersfeld

Social Learning Theory

• Communities of Practice (CoP)
• Paulo Freire and Critical Pedagogy

Experiential Learning Theory

• Experiential Learning & Reflection: Kolb and Schon
• Experiential learning & Critical Thinking (John Dewey)
• Phenomenographic & Variation Theory
• Sameness & Differences in Transfer

Cognitive Learning Theory

• Piaget: Cognitivist Perspective
• Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning