Erin Magoon
Week 2
5 Learning Theories Brainstorm
EDU 506
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Theory
How familiar
are you with
this theory?
Erik Erikson Stages of
Psychosocial
Development
I am moderately familiar
with this theory as it
aligns with a lot of my
own philosophies.
How does this
theory impact
student learning?
This theory has 8 stages of
development that one
progresses through during
their lifetime. Within each
stage there are various
dilemmas that we must
resolve in order to be a
well adjusted adult.
Maria Montessori I know this theory fairly
This theory allows children
- The Montessori well, again because there to develop independence,
Method
are a great deal of
a sense of empathy and
concepts that crossover
social justice, and fosters
to my own approach to
a lifelong love of learning.
teaching the young
students I work with.
Abraham Maslow I am somewhat familiar
As students move up
- Maslow’s
with this theory from my through the five levels,
Hierarchy of
undergrad program, but
they feel more
Needs
will need to refresh my
comfortable, and
memory.
confident.
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Jerome Bruner Discovery
Learning
I am not familiar with
this theory at all, but it
sounded like something I
would appreciate and am
looking forward to
learning more.
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Lev Vygotsky Social
Development
Theory
I am vaguely familiar
with this theory from my
undergrad, but would
like to refresh my
memory and explore it
further.
This theory looks at
learning through
discovery. It states that
even complex topics can
be taught to young
children if structured and
presented in the right
way.
Social environment
impacts how students
think and what they think
about. He utilizes the
“Zone of Proximal
Development” to ensure
that students are
challenged enough for the
task at hand but are not
being challenged too much
to make it seem
impossible.