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Praxis II PLT Theory
Praxis II PLT Theorists and Theories
| Question | Answer | Concepts Taught |
|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bruner | Constructivism and Discovery Learning Theory | A theory that focuses on the students ability to construct new ideas based on previous knowledge. They can then use this knowledge to discover information. Spiraling education. |
| John Dewey | Learn through experience | The idea that students should be taught how to think and become active learners. This theory also believes that teachers and students need more academic autonomy in the classroom. |
| Erik Erikson | Eight Stages of Human Development (based on a conflict that must be resolved) | 1) Infancy/Trust 2) Toddler/Autonomy.doubt 3) Early Childhood/Initiative.guilt 4) Elementary/Competence 5) Adolescence/Identity 6) Young Adult/Intimacy 7) Middle Adult/Generativity 8) Late Adult/Integrity |
| Lawrence Kohlberg | Moral Development | Developed a theory that includes six stages of moral development including pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional |
| Abraham Maslow | Hierarchy of needs | 1) Physiological 2) Safety 3) Love 4) Esteem 5) Self-actualization |
| Maria Montessori | Follow the child | The Learning process involves three stages: 1) Learn about a concept 2) Process the concept through exploration and practice 3) Knowledge including ability to teach the concept. |
| Jean Piaget | Stages of Cognitive Development | 1) Sensorimotor 2) Pre-operational 3) Concrete operational 4) Formal Operational |
| B.F. Skinner | Operant Conditioning | Stimulus response |
| Lev Vygotsky | Zone of Proximal Development | Learning that takes place at or just higher (with help) than independence learning could. |
| Howard Gardner | Multiple Intelligences | Students have basic intelligences they use to learn including verbal, mathematical, visual, kenesthetic, musical, intrapersonal (inner-emotional), interpersonal (social), and natural. |
| Nitza Hidalgo | Levels of Culture | Concrete, Behavioral, Symbolic |
| Luis Mull | Funds of Knowledge | The unknown resources of knowledge within a community that the school/teacher may be unaware of. |
| Albert Bandura | Social Learning Theory | Theorist found that children learn by observing others through modeling or viewing others' experiences. |