Learning Theories

Connectivism learning theory proposes that knowledge lives not only inside individual minds but across networks of people, tools, and information

Elicited learning theory describes how certain events in our surroundings automatically trigger responses, and how repeated pairings of those events

Teaching and learning validity is the question of whether a lesson, a test, or a conclusion about students actually does

Adult learning theory andragogy is a framework describing how grown-ups tend to learn differently from children. The word comes from

Mezirow transformative learning describes how adults sometimes change not just what they know but how they interpret the world. Jack

Transformative learning theory describes how people sometimes change not just what they know but how they interpret everything around them.

The Kolb learning cycle is a model proposing that people learn best by moving through a loop of doing something,

Experiential learning theory holds that people learn best when they actively live through an experience and then think carefully about

Legitimate peripheral participation is a phrase from anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger describing how newcomers become skilled members of

Communities of practice are groups of people who share a craft, a profession, or a passion and learn from one