EDSC U441 - Middle School Curriculum and Methodology: Educational Theorists & Theories

Despite the fact there are so many educational theorists, there are three labels that they all fall under. Behaviourism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism.

Educational Psychology Theorists & Philosophers

• Mary Ainsworth (1913-1999)- Developmental
• Solomon Asch (1907-1996)
• 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- )
• Richard Atkinson (1929- )
• Alan Baddeley (1934- )
• Albert Bandura (1925- ) - Behaviorist Theory
• Aaron Beck (1921-)
• Gloria J. Ladson-Billings (1947 - ) - Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP)
• 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
• Experiential learning
• 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
• Situated Learning / community of practice
• Social Learning Theory
• Socio-Cultural Theory
• Three-stratum Theory