Teaching philosophies
The idea that all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment.
What is behaviorism?
organized and communicated the behaviorism approach
Who is John B. Watson?
developed the John Dewey theory of learning by doing
Who is John Dewey?
developed Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory based on the belief every student has the following five needs
Who is Abraham Maslow?
an approach in early education or preschool philosophy focusing on four principles of a child’s development
Who is Reggio Emilia?
an approach to life based on reason and our common humanity, recognizing that moral values are properly founded on human nature and experience alone
What is humanism?
developed the theory in which learning happens through a process called classical conditioning
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
developed the social learning theory
Who is Albert Bandura?
founded humanistic approach to psychology
Who is Carl Rogers?
developed the social development theory
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
the theory that says learners construct knowledge rather than just passively take in information.
What is constructivism?
developed operant conditioning which was built from Pavlov’s theory
Who is B.F. Skinner?
developed the scaffolding theory
Who is Jerome Bruner?
a learning theory that focuses on how information is received, organized, stored and retrieved by the mind
What is cognitivism?
indicated children’s thinking process takes a completely different approach compared to adults
Who is Jean Piaget?