Learning Without Limits

In our critique of "ability" and ability-based pedagogy (for full analysis, see Chapter 2 of Learning without Limits), we have focused on the consequences of ability-based judgements and practices for children's learning in schools. We have not engaged extensively with theories of "intelligence", per se. However, the alternative concept of "learning capacity" elaborated through our research (see particularly Chapter 13 of Learning without Limits) is congruent in many respects with more recent theories of intelligence that have been emerging over the last half-century. This annotated reading list provides some pointers for further reading.