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ECE 111: Child Growth & Development: Educational Theorists Project

Educational Theorists - Websites

Here is a list of web resources to help you get started on your learning theorists research:

Gesell Gesell Theory

G. Stanley Hall

Kohlberg Kohlberg

Skinner Skinner

Thorndike Thorndike

Vygotsky Vygotsky

Educational Theory & Child Development Websites

Learning Theories
from Aussie Educator
Personality Theories
Links to psychologists and educators.
Theories of Psychology from Simply Psychology
Learning Theories

Video Links from YouTube

Alfred Adler
Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory: An Introduction
Child Development Theorists
John Bowlby, B. F. Skinner, and Benjamin Spock
Edward L. Thorndike
Erik Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
Howard Gardner of the Multiple Intelligence Theory
John B. Watson
John Dewey's Theories on Education and Learning: An Introduction to His Life and Work
his life and work.
Lawrence Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
Margaret Mahler's Stages of Child Development
Maria Montessori
Mary Ainsworth and Attachment part 1
Attachment and the growth of life.
Piaget's Stages of Development
Urie Bronfenbrenner's Theory
Ecological System Theory
A Visual Representation of Theories of Learning
Behoviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism
Vygotsky's Development Theory: An Introduction