Theories of Learning for the Workplace

Filip Dochy is Professor of Research on Learning & Development and Corporate Training at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is founding editor of the Educational Research Review and a member of the EARLI Executive Committee. He is also a Special Professor of Educational Innovation & IT at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. David Gijbels is Assistant Professor of Learning and Instruction at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He is Associate Editor of Educational Research Review and coordinator of EARLI's special interest group on Learning and Professional Development. Mien Segers is Professor of Corporate Learning in the Department of Educational Research and Development at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, the Netherlands. She is also Series Editor for the EARLI book series, New Perspectives on Learning and Instruction. Piet Van den Bossche is Assistant Professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Chapter 1. Deliberate practice, the highroad to expertise - K. A. Ericsson Margje W. J. van de Wiel, Piet Van den Bossche & Richard P. Koopmans





Chapter 2. Workplace curriculum: practice and propositions Stephen Billett





Chapter 3. Transformational learning. The perspective of J. Mezirow Mien Segers & Maurice De Greef





Chapter 4. The Experiential Learning Theory: Kolb and Boud Mien Segers & Selma Van de Haar





Chapter 5. From the theory of situated cognition to communities of practice – J. Lave and E. Wenger Stephen Hargreaves & David Gijbels





Chapter 6. The reflective practitioner – D. Schön Piet Van den Bossche & Simon Beausaert





Chapter 7. Systems thinking and building learning organisations – P. Senge Filip Dochy, Jan Laurijssen & Eva Kyndt





Chapter 8. On organisational learning – C. Argyris David Gijbels & Roel Spaenhoven





Chapter 9. Interorganisational expansive learning at work Filip Dochy, Yrjö Engeström, Annalisa Sannino and Niel Van Meeuwen