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Further reading

Behaviourism

Exploring children’s behaviour [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] : An OpenLearn free course that contains information about behaviourism (you may have to register and sign in for this)

Skinner, B.F. (1973) Beyond Freedom and Dignity, London, Penguin: an account of behaviourism from one of its founders

Constructivism

Piaget Society website

Von Glaserfeld, E. (2002) Radical Constructivism: A Way of Knowing and Learning, London, Routledge

Social constructivism

Daniels, H. (ed.) (1996) An Introduction to Vygotsky, London, Routledge

Situated cognition

Lave, J. and Wenger, E. (1991) Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, New York, Cambridge University Press

Embodied cognition

Website on embodied cognition

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: an article by Monica Cowart on embodied cognition

Lakoff, G. and Johnson, M. (1980) Metaphors We Live By, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press

Learning without Limits

Learning without Limits website

Hart, S., Dixon, A., Drummond, M.J. and McIntyre, D. (2004) Learning without Limits, Maidenhead, Open University Press

Swann, M., Peacock, A., Hart, S. and Drummond, M.J. (2012) Creating Learning without Limits, Maidenhead, Open University Press

The Growth Mindset

Mindset website

The power of believing that you can improve: TED talk by Carol Dweck

Dweck, C. (2006) Mindset: How You can Fulfill your Potential, New York, Random House

Developments in neuroscience

Collins, S. (2016) Neuroscience for Learning and Development, London, Kogan Press.

Sousa, D. and Tomlinson, C.A. (2010) Differentiation and the Brain, Bloomington, IN, Solution Tree Press.

Wolfe, P. (2010) Brain Matters: Translating Research into Classroom Practice, 2nd edn, Alexandria, VA, ACSD