Educational Theorists

Dr. Deanna Stock

Chesapeake College
 

Introduction

Learning what past theorists have contributed to the realm of language / reading development allows us to understand past trends as well as apply viable information to current educational endeavors. This WebQuest will assist each of you in examining credible links directed at the theorist you have been assigned. Please don’t stop with only your person though – examining links on all of those listed will enhance and deepen the learning process for you!
 

The Task
You will have to complete the following tasks:

1. Examine links of every theorist listed.
2. Research, in detail, the information links related to your assigned theorist, and use that information [as one valuable resource] to create your presentation.

Resources   Evaluation   Conclusion
 

Noam Chomsky

Gale Virtual Reference Library (LRC database)

Encyclopedia Britannica Online (on campus only)

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Chomsky's Faculty Page at MIT

Chomsky Site at University of Chicago

  (Corbis Images)

 http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/chomsky.home.html

Paulo Freire

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-freir.htm

Gale Virtual Reference Library (LRC database)

Encyclopedia Britannica Online (on campus only)

For journal articles, search LRC education databases
 

Freire on the Informal Education Site

Freirean Pedagogy

Gale Virtual Reference Library (LRC database)

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Penn State Education Dept - Gardner

Professor Lamp

http://www.pz.harvard.edu/PIs/HG.htm

B.F. Skinner

(Corbis Images)

http://www.bfskinner.org/index.asp

Gale Virtual Reference Library (LRC database)

American National Biography (LRC database)

Encyclopedia Britannica Online (on campus only)

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

History of Education - Skinner

B.F. Skinner Foundation

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Reading Recovery Council of America - Biography of Marie Clay

http://www.readingrecovery.org/sections/reading/marieclay.asp
 

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

The Psi Cafe - Gagne

Robert Gagne on Instructional Design

Gale Virtual Reference Library (LRC database)

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Time.com - Piaget

Piaget.org

(Corbis Images)

http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/piaget.html

http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Bruner.htm

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Constructivist Theory - Bruner

Bruner on Informal Education Site

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Bloom's Taxonomy

Taxonomy of Learning and Benjamin Bloom

http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Vygotsky.htm

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Social Development Theory - Psychology.org

Psi Cafe - Vygotsky

Gale Virtual Reference Library (LRC database)

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Webster University - Carol Gilligan

Facing History and Ourselves - Gilligan

http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/gilligan.html

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Eminent Psychologists - Rumelhart

http://www.coe.uga.edu/echd/counpsy/eminentpsychologists_

new.htm#rumelhart

http://www.indiana.edu/~psych/faculty/thelen.html

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Dr. Thelen's Home Page

Psi Cafe - Thelen

Gale Virtual Reference Library (LRC database)

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Summary of Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development

Stages of Moral Development

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

University of Florida - College of Education

For journal articles, search LRC education databases

Centre for Language and Communication

* Evaluation
You will be evaluated on how well you incorporated the information found within these links into your presentation and on how well you are able to discuss the information with the class.

* Conclusion
In learning what past theorists have contributed to the realm of language / reading development you should be able to understand past trends as well as be able to apply viable information to current educational endeavors. These links should have enhanced and deepened your understanding of language / reading development.