Education Flashcards
Who critiqued traditional schooling and championed alternative education and unschooling? (Unschooling Theory)
John Holt
Who developed the theory of psychosocial development applied to student growth and identity? (Psychosocial Development Theory)
Erik Erikson
Whose psychoanalytic ideas on development and the unconscious have influenced educational thought? (Psychosexual Development Theory)
Sigmund Freud
Who advocated for holistic, humanistic education and curriculum reform?
Herbert Kohl
Who was influential in curriculum theory, advocating for teacher inquiry and reflective practice?
Lawrence Stenhouse
Who developed a systematic approach to instructional design and the conditions of learning?
Robert Gagné
Who is known for his research on visible learning and meta-analyses that guide evidence-based teaching practices?
John Hattie
Who popularized the concept of growth mindset, emphasizing beliefs about learning and intelligence?
Carol Dweck
Who advanced the ethics of care in education, focusing on relationships and empathy in teaching?
Nel Noddings
Who critiqued institutional education and proposed deschooling as a means to promote self-directed learning?
Ivan Illich
Who revolutionized linguistics and contributed to theories on language acquisition and cognitive development?
Noam Chomsky
Who popularized andragogy, the theory of adult learning, stressing self-direction and experience?
Malcolm Knowles
Who developed the experiential learning cycle, emphasizing learning through reflection on experience?
David Kolb
Who created Bloom’s taxonomy, a framework for categorizing educational goals and cognitive skills?
Benjamin Bloom
Who introduced social learning theory, highlighting the importance of observational learning and modeling?
Albert Bandura
Who proposed the theory of multiple intelligences, broadening our view of how students excel?
Howard Gardner
Who advanced behaviorist theories, focusing on reinforcement and conditioning in learning processes?
B.F. Skinner
Who developed social constructivism, emphasizing the role of social interaction and cultural context in learning?
Lev Vygotsky
Who introduced stages of cognitive development and a constructivist approach to understanding how children learn?
Jean Piaget
Who developed the Montessori method, emphasizing self-directed, hands-on learning in prepared environments?
Maria Montessori
Who championed experiential education and the idea that schools should reflect democratic society?
John Dewey
Who applied evolutionary ideas to education and advocated learning that adapts to societal progress?
Herbert Spencer
