Learning Theories: Educational Perspectives. 8th edition. New York, NY: Pearson, 2020, 582 pages, LCCN: 2018034999; ISBN: 9780134893754 ISBN: 0134893751 (paperback).Author: Schunk. D. H.,North Carolina University, 2020
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The reviews were made on the book entitled “Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective” written by Schunk in 2020 which aimed at pinpointing important insights for readers. The review was made based on professional guidelines in reviewing books. The reviewers felt that the strengths of the book consist of addressing practical scenarios and objectives; and it explains vicarious and enactive learning, performance learning, self-regulatory learning, and positive effect of authentic modeling. On the other hand, the major limitations of the book include the criteria set to define learning was mainly in favor of behavioral learning theories which is against the notion of the book. There is also inconsistent organization and needless inclusion of contents. Therefore, the reviewers argued that the book is still recommended to education students, early-career researchers in psychology and education provided that the aforementioned limitations are corrected.
Keywords: Learning; Self-regulation; Motivation; Cognitive learning; Performance learning
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