Name That Theorist!
This theorist developed the framework for considering human requirements that are important for an individual to achieve complete development and self-actualization.
Who is Maslow?
Self-directed learning that is innovative and creative in the creation of new Knowledge, Educator is a mentor/facilitator of the process, Learning is an active, social process that involves sharing and collaborating.
What is Constructivism?
This theorist's research supports the theory of Multiple Intelligences, or different learning types or different ways of learning: (Visual-spatial, Bodily-kinesthetic, Musical,Interpersonal, Intrapersonal,Linguistic, Logical-mathematical.
Who is Gardner?
Including this science and engineering practice in your classroom allows for students to determine what is known, what has yet to be explained, and what problems still need to be solved.
What is providing opportunities to ask questions (for science) and define problems (for engineering)?
This theorist created a framework for evaluating educational goals that includes these six major categories: remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create.
Who is Bloom?
Encouraging students to challenge long-held assumptions. Considering multiple ways of knowing. Considering student backgrounds when deciding how to deliver lessons/content.
What is Critical Pedagogy?
This theorist's research supports the idea of Discovery Learning: Inquiry-based learning (constructivism), Students draw from past experiences and existing knowledge to solve problems, Students Interact with the world and make their own discoveries. Teacher is guide/facilitator.
Who is Bruner?
Including this science and engineering practice in your classroom allows for students to develop explanations for phenomena, to go beyond the observable and make predictions or to test designs.
What is developing and using models?
This theorist advocated for thinking by learning and doing, frequently called inquiry or Project Based Learning.
Who is Dewey?
The belief that your talents and abilities can be developed and improved through effort and practice.
What is a growth mindset?
This theorist's research supports the idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge, which defines the teacher's knowledge of a subject more broadly than content knowledge alone, by including the pedagogical knowledge behind making that content comprehensible to students. Facts + Strategy = PCK
Who is Shulman?
Including this science and engineering practice in your class allows students an at bat with appropriate data presentation (graph, table, statistics, etc.), identifying sources of error and the degree of certainty. Data analysis is used to derive meaning or evaluate solutions.
What is analyzing and interpreting data?
This theorist argued that a student’s stage of development impacts their learning including development, self-initiated activities, discovery learning, hands-on play, classification, and discussion.
Who is Piaget?
Students’ resilience, determination, and perseverance when faced with difficult tasks.
What is grit?
This theorist's research supports the idea of Experiential Learning, or hands-on activities, field work, learning-by-doing (experiments, games, pretend), Outdoor/unstructured play, etc.
Who is Kolb?
Including this science and engineering practice in your class allows students to explain phenomena or solve problems.
What is constructing explanations and designing solutions?
This theorist coined the term "Zone of Proximal Development" meaning the range of skills that a learner can perform with guidance but can't yet do on their own.
Responsibility of learning falls on the learners. Students must do more than just listen, they must be actively engaged in the process. Students engage in higher-order thinking tasks such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
What is Active Learning?
This theroist's research support the idea of Critical Pedagogy or encouraging students to challenge long-held assumptions. Considering multiple ways of knowing. Considering student backgrounds when deciding how to deliver lessons/content.
Who is Freire?
Including this science and engineering practice in your class allows students to identify strengths and weaknesses in a line of reasoning, to identify best explanations, to propose solutions to problems, and to support those ideas with valid evidence.
What is engaging in argument from evidence?