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Learning Theories Books

Web Pages & Tools

From "The Index of Learning Styles," by Dr Richard Felder and Barbara Soloman. Reproduced with permission from Dr Richard Felder. Information about the origins of the ILS, studies demonstrating its reliability and validity, and arrangements to license it for commercial use, can be obtained at www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILS-faq.htm. To find out more about learning styles and the ILS, see www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILS-faq.htm

Engaging Beyond Learning Styles. (2020, December 15). Retrieved January 07, 2021, from https://www.grace.edu/learning-styles/

Films on Demand

  1. Mary Ainsworth: Attachment and the Growth of Love
  2. Erik H. Erikson: A Life’s Work
  3. Maria Montessori: Her Life and Legacy
  4. Piaget’s Developmental Theory: An Overview
  5. John Bowlby: Attachment Theory Across Generations
  6. William James: The Psychology of Possibility
  7. Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory: An Introduction
  8. John Dewey: An Introduction to His Life and Work
  9. B. F. Skinner: A Fresh Appraisal
  10. Vygotsky's Developmental Theory: An Introduction

Names & Theories

Major Theories & Theorists

Educational Psychology Theorists & Philosophers
Mary Ainsworth (1913-1999)- Developmental
Solomon Asch (1907-1996)
Richard Atkinson (1929- )
Alan Baddeley (1934- )
Albert Bandura (1925- ) - Behaviorist Theory
Aaron Beck (1921-)
John Bowlby (1907-1990) - Developmental
Donald Broadbent (1926-1993)
Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005) - Ecological Systems Theory
Jerome Bruner (1915-2016)
John B Carroll (1916 – 2003 )
Marie Clay (1926-2007)
Fergus Craik (1935- )
John Dewey (1859-1952)
Nancy Eisenberg (1950- ) - Developmental
Albert Ellis (1913-2007)
Erik Erikson (1929-1974) - Psychosocial Theory
Leon Festinger (1919-1989)
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) - Psychoanalytic Theory
Ellen Galinsky (1942- ) - Brain Development
Howard Gardner (1943- ) - Multiple Intelligences Theory
Arnold Gesell (1880-1961) - Maturation THeory
Carol Gilligan (1936-) - Developmental
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Lawrence Kohlberg (1927- ) - Developmental
David Kolb (1939- )
Elizabeth Loftus (1944- )
Eleanor Maccoby (1917-2018) - Developmental
James Marcia ( - ) - Identity Status Theory
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) - Humanist Theory
Stanley Milgram (1933-1984)
Maria Montessori (1870-1952)
Serge Moscovici (1925-2014)
Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) - Classical Conditioning Theory
Bruce Perry (1955- ) - Brain Development
Jean Piaget (1896-1980) - Cognitive Theory
Carl Rogers (1902-1987)
Daniel Siegel (1957- ) - Brain Development
B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) - Behaviorist Theory
Henri Tajfel (1919-1982)
Edward Thorndike (1874-1949) - Behaviorist Theory
Edward Tolman (1886-1959)
Anne Treisman (1935-2018)
Lev Vygostksy (1898-1934) - Sociocultural Theory
John Watson (1878-1958) - Behaviorist Theory
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)
Philip Zimbardo (1933- )

Theories

Attachment Theory
Behavioral Therapy
Cattell–Horn–Carroll Theory OR CHC Theory
Cognitive Development Stage Theory 
Ecological Systems Theory
Identity Status Theory
Intellectual Development Theory
Levels-of-Processing Effect
Maturation Theory
Montessori Theory
Moral Understanding Stage Theory 
Multiple Intelligences Theory
Process of Education
Psychoanalytic Child Development Theory
Psychosexual Stage Theory 
Psychosocial Stage Theory 
Social Learning Theory
Socio Cultural Theory
Three-stratum Theory

Books by Theorists