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1. PHILOSOPHY/THEORY/STUDY PHILOSOPHER/PROPONENT KEYWORDS/DEFINITIION
Theory of Moral Development Lawrence Kohlberg
Idealism Immanuel Kant, Plato
Pragmatism JohnDewey,CharlesPeirce,
William James
 Change is permanent
 Practice
 Ideas and theories are results of
practice
Perennialism  Classical
definitions/God/Doctrine
 Great
Books/Humanities/Literature
 Education is Constant
 Focuses onstudying the classics.
Knowledge, truth,andeducation
is constant
Social Learning Theory
(observation/modeling)
Albert Bandura
Classic Conditioning Ivan Pavlov
Operant Conditioning B.F. Skinner
Psycho-social Theory Erik Erikson
Humanistic Theory Abraham Maslow
Information Theory Richard Atkinson
and Richard Shiffrin
Multiple Intelligence Howard Gardner
Field Theory Kurt Lewin
Ecological System Theory /
Environmental Contexts
Urie Brofenbrenner
Learning Style Theory David Kolb
Social Constructivism Lev Vygotsky
Discovery Learning Theory Jerome Brunner
Insight Learning Wolfgang Kohler
Cognitive Theory Piaget
Psychosexual theory Sigmund Freud
SCHEMA THEORY DAVIF ANSUBEL
Connectionist Theory
(Law of Effect, Law of Exercise
and Law of readiness)
Edward Thorndike
Emotional Intelligence Theory Daniel Goleman
Behaviorism John B. Watson
IQ Test Alfred Binet
Reconstructionism Paulo freire  Social/Environment,
 offshoot of pragmatism,
 encourages the application of

2. knowledge to help reform or
improved society
 instruction focusesonsignificant
socio economic problems.
Traditionalism Rene guenon
Liberalism John Locke
Social Contract Theory Jean Jacques Roussea
Realism Aristotle
Psychomotor Learning E.J. Simpson
Linguistics Noam Chomsky
Kindergarten Friedrich Froebel
Progressivism  Student-centered
 Non-graded
 Teacher as facilitator of learning
 Cooperation rather than
competition
 Permissive, democratic
Essentialism  Back to basics (reading/writing)
 Teacher as authority
 Learning is hardwork
 Teacher-centered, content-
based
Existentialism  Center on the individual (child-
centered)
 Uniqueness of individuals
 Student’s choices
 Applicationof variedactivitiesto
meet students’ needs
Additional Info:
Modern Philosophies - Pragmatism/Experimentalism/Instrumentalism/Functionalism
Learningbydoing,experience isthe bestteacher,realityisalwayschanging,knowing results from experiencing
EDUCATIONALIMPLICATIONS - instructionfocusesonProblemsolvingusingscientific method,directexperience
and hands on training.