Learning to be a Person in Society

<p>Learning is a lifelong process and we are the result of our own learning. But how exactly do we learn to be a person through living? In this book Peter Jarvis draws together all the aspects of becoming a person into the framework of learning. Considering the ongoing nature versus nurture debate over how we become people Jarvis’s study of nurture - what learning is primarily about – builds on a detailed recognition of our genetic inheritance and evolutionary reality. It demonstrates the ways in which we become social human beings: internalising accommodating and rejecting the culture to which we are exposed (both primarily and through electronic mediation) while growing and developing as human beings and people. </p><p>As learning theory moves away from traditional single-discipline approaches it is possible to place the person at the centre of all thinking about learning by emphasising a multi-disciplinary approach. This wide-ranging study draws on established research from a number of disciplines into the complexities that make us who we are. It will appeal to a wide variety of audiences: those involved in all fields of education the study of learning and development human resource development psychology theology and the caring professions.</p>