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  2. Social learning theory - Wikipedia

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    Social learning theory is a theory of social behavior that proposes that new behaviors can be acquired by observing and imitating others. It states that learning is a cognitive process that takes place in a social context and can occur purely through observation or direct instruction, even in the absence of motor reproduction or direct reinforcement. [1]

  3. Sociobiology - Wikipedia

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    "Sociobiology is now part of the core research and curriculum of virtually all biology departments, and it is a foundation of the work of almost all field biologists. " Sociobiological research on nonhuman organisms has increased dramatically and continuously in the world's top scientific journals such as Nature and Science .

  4. Learning - Wikipedia

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    Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences. [1] The ability to learn is possessed by humans, non-human animals, and some machines; there is also evidence for some kind of learning in certain plants. [2]

  5. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    Antipositivism (or Interpretive sociology) is a theoretical perspective based on the work of Max Weber, proposes that social, economic and historical research can never be fully empirical or descriptive as one must always approach it with a conceptual apparatus.

  6. Michael Young (educationalist) - Wikipedia

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    Young studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and while teaching secondary science completing a second undergraduate Sociology degree. [2] At the University of Essex , he was a student of Basil Bernstein while undertaking an MA in Sociology, then moving to the Institute of Education, University of London (where Bernstein held ...

  7. Socialization - Wikipedia

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    In sociology, socialization (also socialisation – see spelling differences) is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society.Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained".

  8. History of childhood - Wikipedia

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    Understanding Anne Frank's the Diary of a Young Girl: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents (1997) Krupp, Anthony. Reason's Children: Childhood in Early Modern Philosophy (2009) Nicholas, Lynn H. Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web (2005) 656pp; Orme, Nicholas. Medieval Children (2003) Rawson, Beryl.

  9. Situated learning - Wikipedia

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    Sports practice, music practice, and art are situated learning by definition, as the exact actions in the real setting are those of practice – with the same equipment or instruments; Many of the original examples from Lave and Wenger [5] concerned adult learners, and situated learning still has a particular resonance for adult education.