Select readings and references

Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Random House.

Covey, S., McChesney, C., & Huling, J. (2012). The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving your wildly important goals. Simon and Schuster.ISBN B005FLODJ8

You have a choice between the following texts – View the following videos at http://www.harapnuik.org/?page_id=6493#choice to help you decide which book to read:

Friedman, E. H. (2007). A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the age of the quick fix. Church Publishing, Inc. ISBN B009VHSBYK
OR
Patterson, K., Grenny, J., & Swizler, A. (2012). Crucial conversations: tools for talking when stakes are high. (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill New York, NY. ISBN-10: 0071771328

Patterson, K., & Grenny, J. (2013). Influencer: The power to change anything, Second Edition. McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 0071808868

Pink, D. H. (2011). Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Penguin. ISBN B004P1JDJO

Sinek, S. (2009). Start With Why: How great leaders inspire everyone to take action. Penguin.ISBN B002Q6XUE4

K-12 educators:
Horn, M. B., & Staker, H. (2014). Blended: Using disruptive innovation to improve schools. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 1118955153
Higher Education:
Christensen C. M., Horn M. B., Soares L., & L. Caldera. (2011). Disrupting college: How disruptive innovation can deliver quality and affordability to postsecondary education. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/report/2011/02/08/9034/disrupting- college/

Business focus:
Christensen, C. (2013). The innovator's dilemma: when new technologies cause great firms to fail. Harvard Business Review Press.

Supplementary Text for Higher Education:
Christensen C. M., & H. J. Eyring. (2011). The innovative university: changing the DNA of higher education from the inside out. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 1118063481.

Thomas, D., & Brown J. S. (2011). A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the imagination for a world of constant change. (Vol 219) Lexington, KY: CreateSpace. ISBN 1456458884

Dweck, C. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House. ISBN 0345472322

Wiggins, G. P., & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by design, Expanded 2nd Edition. Pearson. ISBN 0131950843

How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice - How People Learn.pdf - Read the Introduction, Summary and Key Findings of the report

What Works, What Doesn't - Some study techniques accelerate learning, whereas others are just a waste of time—but which ones are which? An unprecedented review maps out the best pathways to knowledge. Not specificallyly about learning theories or learning in general but still very useful information on how to memorize information.
http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu/cpr/data/library/400241/resources/res011/file/What%20Works%20in%20Learning%20Study.pdf

Learning theory: models, product and process In the Learning as a process – learning theory (section toward the bottom of the page) review the four linked orientations to learning: behaviourist, cognitive, humanistic, and social/situational. Also make note of the Four orientations to learning (after Merriam and Caffarella 1991: 138) table.
http://infed.org/mobi/learning-theory-models-product-and-process/

Learning theories and online learning
http://www.tonybates.ca/2014/07/29/learning-theories-and-online-learning/

Learning Theories.com Knowledge base and webliography - WARNING this is a commercial site filled with too many adds. The only reason I am including this resource is that their first page offers a very good top-level breakdown or hierarchy of all the learning theories or paradigms and the subdivisions within those categories. This site can help you understand where you thinking about learning fits.
http://www.learning-theories.com/

Learning Theory Database
http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/index.html

Learning Theory Wheel
http://www.harapnuik.org/?p=3936

Beyond information pumping: Creating a constructivist e-learning environment
https://repository.nie.edu.sg/bitstream/10497/4735/1/ET-42-5-48.pdf

Learning theories for the digital age
http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.ca/2013/05/learning-theories-for-digital-age.html

Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age
http://www.itdl.org/journal/jan_05/article01.htm

9 Characteristics Of 21st Century Learning
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/9-characteristics-of-21st-century-learning/

Authentic Learning: A Practical Introduction & Guide for Implementation
http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/win2003/authentic_learning/

21st century Pedagogy
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/a-diagram-of-21st-century-pedagogy/

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
http://www.p21.org/our-work/p21-framework