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Born 20 October 1859 in Burlington, Vermont
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Philosophy and Psychology Doctorate from John Hopkins
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Dewey was an academic philosopher and proponent of educational reform
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Published over 1,000 pieces of writings during his lifetime.
His experiential learning theory - believed that education should be based on the principle of learning through doing. -
Born 17 November 1896, in Orsha, a city in the western region of the Russian Empire
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Born on 9 August 1896 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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"Jerry" born 1 October 1915 in New York City
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Achieved a degree in Law at Moscow State University
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Cataract operations restored his sight at age 2.
It is believed that he had constructed a visual world in his mind whilst blind. The experience may help explain why he later developed the groundbreaking theory that "perception is controlled by the mind as well as by the senses". -
Studied zoology at the University of Neuchâtel, receiving his Ph.D. in the natural sciences.
Studied one semester of psychology under Carl Jung and Paul Eugen Bleuler at the University of Zürich -
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Piaget evaluated the results of tests made to measure child intelligence and draw connections between age and errors - this raised new questions about the way that children learn.
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Attended the Institute of Psychology in Moscow
Theories:
1. The Zone of Proximal Development
2. The More Knowledgeable Other
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The American Psychologist was born in Canada on 4 December 1925
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Published 6 books on psychology topics over a ten-year period. His interests centered on issues of child development and education, and the psychology of art and language development
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Died of TB at age 37
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Majored in Psychology at Duke University
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MA achieved at Harvard University
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Born in 1939 in Illinois and grew up in California
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Born in New York
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Harvard University
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Born in America
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Born 7 March 1946 in California
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Born in New York
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Died in New York at age 92
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After achieving a Bachelor’s Degree at the University of British Columbia, he received a master’s degree in Psychology in 1951 and thereafter, a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 1952
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International Best-seller, translated into 19 languages. His theory was formed on three major considerations: "a concept of mind as method applied to tasks", "the influence of Jean Piaget", and "the notion of the structure of knowledge—the important thing to learn is how an idea or discipline is put together".
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Together with George Miller, they shared the understanding that psychology should be concerned with the cognitive processes—the "distinct human forms of gaining, storing, and working over knowledge"
Bruner is best known for his work in education, most of which he undertook during his years at this Center -
The famous Bobo doll experiment studies the responses of young children that witness a physically and verbally abused a clown-faced inflatable toy. This lead to his Social Learning Theory that we can learn from others by copying or mimicking their behaviours.
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Graduated from Brown University with degrees in Mathematics and Physics
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Doctorate in Social Anthropology from Harvard University
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Vygotsky's concepts and ideas were introduced in the fields of educational and developmental psychology. Since then his works have been translated and have become very influential, particularly in the area of education.
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From University of Michigan - Computer and Communication Sciences
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Appointed as Watts Professor of Psychology. This is where his research in perception and cognition (as well as education) came to focus on cognitive development in early infancy
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Ph.D achieved at Harvard University in Psychology
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Ph.D in Social and Clinical Psychology - Yale University
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Professor of Computer Science and Psychology
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Schank was among the first to capitalize on the expected boom in AI when he founded Cognitive Systems. He is a leading researcher in AI, as well as cognitive science - applying it to education, learning theory, and building of virtual learning environments. His Schema theory explains that learners are self driven and will learn when they want to know, not when teachers want to teach. Schank has written more than twenty-five books
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Six decade career in child psychology.
Theory that "children develop mentally in 4 stages".
Author of more than 50 books and hundreds of papers
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Joins NYT "Psychology Today" as Psychologist and Journalist
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This theory explains that a person’s environment, their belief in their own capabilities, how they feel about doing it, will determine how that person functions
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Her first book is published - Mindfulness - and she is seen to be the "mother of mindfulness". She writes extensively about the illusion of control, mindful aging, stress, decision-making, and health.
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He was initially granted $30 million from Andersen Consulting.
The ILS focused on the development of educational software.
Schank believes that "the educational system is fundamentally broken and that software will need to replace conventional teaching methods" (Wikipedia) -
Expert performance theory is explained in his book "Toward a General Theory of Expertise". Together with his team, they believe that extended deliberate practice will result in superior performance
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The book provides details of her Situated Learning Theory -
1. Learning is situated - can happen within an activity, must have context and can happen unintentionally.
2. Social interaction and collaboration is essential and learners become involved in what she calls communities of practice
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In the Psychological Review paper, he explains the 10 000 rule - which means that 10 000 hours of practice will achieve mastery. Malcolm Gladwell then published a book "Outliers" in 2008 based on these findings.
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Book "Emotional Intelligence" was a best-seller for 18 months and sold 5 000 000 copies worldwide. His theory explains that IQ is not the only measure of ability - and emotional knowledge can assist us to grow
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The Power of Mindful Learning was published. She uses her mindful theory to expand on the way we learn, how to be open to learning, accepting that there are different perspectives
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Has been in this position for over 2 decades He is part artist, part scientist and part strategist
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Book: A new culture of learning: Cultivating the imagination for a world of constant change
This book explains his learning theory about how the world and technology are moving at a fast speed, & we often cant keep up with the skills required at this pace. He brings in the idea of play, innovation, mentorship and the need to leverage systems of social and technological infrastructures. This is his most recently published book. He has published over 11 books & hundreds of papers -
Died at 100 years of age
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