Theorist / Influencer
Theory
Best Practice
ECE Concepts
ECE Resources
100

Known for the Zone of Proximal Development

Lev Vygotsky

100
Together they researched what is known as the Attachment Theory

Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby

100
The poem written by Loris Malaguzzi

The 100 Languages of Children

100

Cognitive, Social Emotional, Language, Physical, Self Help, are all parts included in the

Developmental Domains

100

Patty Smith Hill founded what used to be called the National Association for Nursery Education but is now called 

National Association for the Education of Young Children

200

Swiss Philosopher who wrote the book "Emile"

Jean Jacques Rousseau

200
Known for the 8 Stages of Development in which each stage posits a psychological struggle

Erik Erikson

200

Creating and implementing practices that value, support and embrace diverse racial, ethnic, linguistic and cultural influences and backgrounds

Culturally Responsive Practices

200

Program that supports pregnant mothers, infants and children up to the age of 3

Early Head Start

200
Program that supports children from 3-5 years old

Head Start

300

Saw teaching as a subject worth studying in its own right, known as the "Father of Pedagogy"

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

300
Who created the 4 stages of Cognitive Development Theory: Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational and Formal Operations

Jean Piaget

300

Key aspects of this framework include: equity, intentionality, continuity and change, joy and learning

Developmentally Appropriate Practice

300

Elizabeth Peabody adapted Froebel's ideas to include a process of adapting learning experiences or material selection based on the unique needs and abilities of individual children, known as:

Individualized Instruction

300

The largest association serving young children with exceptionalities and their families

Council for Exceptional Children: Division of Early Childhood

400

Believed in strong family involvement and emphasized mothers importance in children’s education. Lived from 1782-1852

Frederich Froebel

400
This psychologist formed the "Social Learning Theory"

Albert Bandura

400

Research shows this is how children learn best

Play

400

This theory seeks to explain how learners shape their world

Cognitive-Developmental Constructivism

400

This organization's mission is to support all our nation’s babies, toddlers, and their families so that every child has the best possible start in life. 

Zero to Three

500

Founded what is now known as Bank Street

Lucy Sprague Mitchell

500

Urie Bronfrenbrenner's Bioecological Model consists of structures (name them)

Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem, Chronosystem

500

Theory that seeks to explain how the world shapes learners.

Sociocultural Constructivism

500

This concept can include that culture is viewed or treated as an exotic entity to be “visited” or showcased for a short period

Tokenism

500
This website provides information on Early Childhood Educational Organizations

Council for Professional Recognition

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