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

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Educational Theorists & Theories

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Major Theories & Theorists

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

Theories and Theorists

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Books by Theorists