Learning to Be a Person in Society

by Peter Jarvis

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415419034
• ISBN13: 9780415419031
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"