Important Learning Theorists and Theories
- Attachment Theory (John Bowlby)
- Bloom's Taxonomy (Benjamin Bloom)
- Classical Conditioning (Ivan Pavlov)
- Cognitive Load Theory of Multimedia Learning (John Sweller)
- Communities of Practice (Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger)
- Connectivism (George Siemens & Stephen Downes)
- Critical Pedagogy (Paulo Freire)
- Cultural Context (Lev Vygotsky)
- Digital Citizenship (Mossberger, Tolbert, McNeal)
- Discovery Learning (Jerome S. Bruner)
- Distributed Cognition (Edwin Hutchins)
- Flow (Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi)
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (Abraham H. Maslow)
- Metacognition (John H. Flavell)
- Montessori Method (Maria Montessori)
- Multimodality (Gunther Kress)
- Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner)
- Object Relations Theory (Melanie Klein)
- Operant Conditioning (B.F. Skinner)
- Separation-Individuation Theory of Child Development (Margaret S. Mahler)
- Situated Learning Theory (Jean Lave)
- Social Development Theory, Activity Theory (Lev Vygotsky)
- Social Learning (Albert Bandura)
- Socially distributed cognition (Edwin Hutchins)
- Stage Theory of Cognitive Development (Jean Piaget)
- Stages of Development (Erik Erikson)
- Transformative Learning (Jack Mezirow)
Categories of Learning Theories
- Behaviourist Theories: Behaviorism is a theory in which learning and behavior are described and explained in terms of stimulus-response relationships.
- Child Development Theories: How children develop as individuals in sociocultural worlds.
- Cognitivist Theories: Cognitive psychology focuses on the mental processes underlying learning and behavior.
- Constructivist, Social and Situational Theories: A theoretical perspective that learners actively construct knowledge from their experiences.
- Descriptive and Meta Theories: Identifying appropriate goals and objectives for what students should learn and be able to do.
- Design Theories & Models: Design-based research methods (DBR) aim to uncover the relationships between educational theory, designed artifact, and practice.
- Identity Theories: Identity is a self-constructed definition of who one is and what things are important to accomplish in life.
- Media and Technology Theories: Instruction and learning that occur within the context of digital technologies.
- Mental Models: Derive from the way humans perceive the world around them.
- Motivation & Humanist Theories: The study of the self, motivation, and one's goals
