Theories
Theorists
Schools
Stages
Vocabulary
100

Studied by B.F. Skinner, includes operant and classical conditioning, believes its namesake is a function of the environment

Behavioral Theory

100

Father of the Kindergarten

Froebel

100

Originally Italian, children are active in their own learning

Reggio Emilia

100

How many substages are in Piaget's sensorimotor stage?

6

100

Ability of a child to understand that liquids and objects retain mass even if it appears smaller (water cylinder)

Conservation

200

All children are are born with the capacity for learning language

Theory of Language

200

Father of Pragmatism

John Dewey
200

This method is often found in Montessori schools and aims to make young children aware of social and racial problems

ABAR

200

What is Piaget's final stage?

Formal Operational

200

Describes both the mental and physical actions involved in understanding and knowing

Schemas

300
Howard Gardner's theory about there being different kinds of smart

Multiple Intelligences

300

Zone of Proximal Development

Vygotsky

300

Froebel made what kind of school?

Kindergarten

300

How many stages are in Piaget's theory?

4

300

Process of learning by watching

Vicarious Learning

400

The Brofenbrenner theory that a child's surroundings influence their growth

Ecological Systems Theory

400

Reggio Emilia

Loris Malaguzzi

400

Began in WWII, hands on learning, children are driven by an inner force to learn

Montessori

400

What is Piaget's third stage?

Concrete Operational

400

Process of taking in new info into our already existing schemas

Assimilation

500

Theory by Albert Bandura, displayed by the Bobo Doll Experiment

Social Learning Theory

500

ABAR (Anti-Bias Anti-Racism)

Louise Derman-Sparks

500

Children solve their own problems

John Dewey lab schools

500

What is Piaget's second stage?

Pre-operational

500

Leads children to believe that nature is alive and controllable

Animism