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John Amos Comenius was a Czech philosopher who is considered the father of education.
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John Locke was an English philosopher who was one of the most influential of enlightenment thinkers and known as "the father of liberalism."
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Jean Jacques Rousseau is best known as an influential 18th century philosopher who wrote the acclaimed work A discourse on the arts and sciences.
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Friedrich Froebel was a German pedagogue who laid the foundation for major education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities
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John Watson was an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism.
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Sigmund Freud is known for his psychoanalytic theory of personality that argues human behavior is the result of interactions among three parts of the mind. The three parts are: Ego, superego, and the id.
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John Dewey was an American philosopher, educational reformer, and psychologist whos ideas influenced education and social reform.
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Rudolph Steiner was an Austrian philosopher who gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic who published philosophical works.
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Maria Montessori developed an interest in the treatment of children and for several years wrote and spoke on their behalf.
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Arnold Gesell was an American clinical psychologist, professor at Yale University, and pediatrician. He is known for his research and contributions to the field of child development.
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Jean Piaget was a swiss psychologist who is known for his theory of cognitive development. This theory focused on how children develop throughout the course of childhood.
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Lev Vygotsky developed a sociocultural theory of child development designed to account for the influence of culture on a child's growth and development.
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Erik Erikson was a German-American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his psychological development of human beings.
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John Bowlby was a British psychologist, psychoanalyst, and psychiatrist who is known for his interest in child development and pioneering work in the attachment theory.
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Mary Ainsworth was an American-Canadian developmental psychologist known for her work in the development of the attachment theory.
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Jerome Bruner was an American psychologist who made important contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology.
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Mildren Parten was an American sociologist who developed the theory of six stages of play.
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Urie Bronfenbremer was a Russian born American psychologist known for his ecological systems theory. He worked with the US government in forming the head start program in 1965.
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Sara Smilansky is known for her four stages of play, these stages are considered to reflect a child's cognitive development. The four stages of play are solitary, parallel, symbolic, and cooperative.
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Jerome Singer played a role in the cognitive revival of modern psychology.
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Albert Bandura was an influential social cognitive psychologist who is best known for his social learning theory and the concept of self-efficacy.
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Lawrence Kohlberg was an American psychologist who was best known for his theory of stages of moral development.
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Noam Chomsky was an American philosopher, linguist, historian, cognitive scientist, political activist, and social critic. He was the founder of the field of cognitive science and was an important figure in analytic philosophy.
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Howard Gardner was an American developmental psychologist who is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences.
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Kenneth Rubin was a researcher in child development and the director at the center for children.
