Contributors

Question 1

Edgar Dale

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Developed the Learning Pyramid which is a a group of popular learning models and representations relating different degrees of retention induced from various type of learning.

Question 2

John Watson

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Popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism. Which is a theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning, and conditioning occurs through interaction with the environment.

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Makel & Plucker

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Suggest Replication is important for educational psychology in order to increase integrity, reliability.

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Egerton Ryerson

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Prominent contributor to the design of the Canadian public school system, copied Prussian schooling system

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Nicholas Flood Davin

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Appointed by the government to investigate American industrial schools for Indigenous children, and recommended the implementation of similar schools in Canada (Residential Schools)

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David Weikart

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Founder of the HighScope (perry preschool) curriculum, in which early childhood education style which emphasizes the role of adults to support each child at their current developmental level and help them build upon it under a model of “shared control,” where activities are both child-initiated and adult-guided

Question 7

James Coleman

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Investigated segregated schools 1964 , wanted to find out why “coloured” schools had poor performance. Expected to find that a lack of resources deprived poor and minority
students of a quality education instead Family backgrounds had a greater influence on student achievement than did school resources.
* Achievement was strongly related to the educational
backgrounds and aspirations of other students in school.

Question 8

Jacob Mincer

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Developed a function that explains income as a function of experience and education

Question 9

Gary Becker

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Presented the idea of human capital the economic value of a workers total experience and education

Question 10

Steven Lukes

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Theorized the three dimensions of power the ability to :
Compel behavior
Set the agenda
Impart desire

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Michel Foucault

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Designed the panopticon among many other things

Question 12

Paolo Friere

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Opposed the banking concept of education and promoted active learning

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Established the first psychology lab; he also introduces the earliest intellectual school of thought, Structuralism

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John Dewey

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Rejected behaviorism in favor of a more progressive learning approach to involve children more in their education

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Jean Piaget

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Stages of cognitive development, humans develop their levels of intelligence as they grow and their brain develops

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Hermann Ebbinghaus

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Forgetting curve, this curve shows how information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it

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Judy Singer

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Brought to light the importance of recognizing neurodiversity and its importance. significant research on autism

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BF. Skinner

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Operant conditioning a learning process where behaviors are modified through the association of stimuli with reinforcement or punishment.

Question 19

Carol Dweck

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Growth and fixed mindset. Someone with a growth mindset views intelligence, abilities, and talents as learnable and capable of improvement through effort. On the other hand, someone with a fixed mindset views those same traits as inherently stable and unchangeable over time.

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Marc-Antoine Jullien

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Comparative education, Comparing education factors of one place to another to analyze strengths / weakness of each style.

Question 21

Bray and Thomas

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Bray and Thomas cube, a framework used for comparative education analyses

Question 22

Yong Zhao

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His works focus on the implications of globalization and technology on education