Theories of Learning Human Resource Development. If you've ever wondered why some people succeed at learning new skills and knowledge while others fail to grasp basic concepts, ...

Learning is viewed as a social process, and other individuals, especially significant others, provide crucial examples, so the role model is a central concept in the theory.

In contrast to behaviorism, humanistic theories (particularly those of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow) emphasize the importance of addressing students’ emotional and psychological needs. Humanistic ...

Any valid theory of student learning has to address all these issues. For example, a teacher may try to help students by correcting their poor learning strategies, but if the problem is with ...

More to Explore. Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition. Michael Tomasello. Harvard University Press, 2003. Constructions at Work: The Nature of Generalization in ...