Early Historical Philosophers

Question 1

B. F. Skinner

Answer 1

Behavioral theory – behavior is learned through conditioning.

Question 2

Lev Vygotsky

Answer 2

Social development theory plays a major role in cognitive development.

Question 3

Robert Havigurst

Answer 3

Believed development tasks must be mastered to develop normally. Six stages of development and growth.

Question 4

Jean Piaget

Answer 4

Cognitive development theory – facts, concepts, and principles learned in four major stages: 1) sensorimotor, 2) pre-operational, 3) concrete, 4) formal operations.

Question 5

Jerome Bruner

Answer 5

Believed that a series of developmental steps/stages are encountered as we mature.

Question 6

Benjamin Bloom

Answer 6

Taxonomy of educational objectives. Believed learning outcomes are predicted by three factors: 1) cognitive entry behaviors, 2) interest, 3) quality of instruction.

Question 7

Fredrick Douglas

Answer 7

African American educational advocate – vocational training

Question 8

Booker T. Washington

Answer 8

African American educator – Tuskegee Institute

Question 9

Maria Montessori

Answer 9

Created a method where children worked independently with the guidance of a teacher.

Question 10

Ella Flagg Young

Answer 10

First female president of the National Education Association (NEA).

Question 11

John Dewey

Answer 11

Progressivism – experiences cultivated to learn through reading, writing, hypothesizing, testing, and tracking real life issues.