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John Dewey birth
Born 20 October 1859 in Burlington, Vermont -
John Dewey starts teaching at Universities
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John Dewey achieves Doctorate
Philosophy and Psychology Doctorate from John Hopkins -
John Dewey starts an experimental elementary school
Dewey was an academic philosopher and proponent of educational reform -
John Dewey achievements
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. -
Lev Vygotsky birth
Born 17 November 1896, in Orsha, a city in the western region of the Russian Empire -
Jean Piaget birth
Born on 9 August 1896 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland -
Jerome Bruner birth
"Jerry" born 1 October 1915 in New York City
He was born blind. -
Lev Vygotsky graduates
Achieved a degree in Law at Moscow State University -
Jerome Bruner sight is restored
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". -
Jean Piaget achieves Ph.D.
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 -
John Dewey co-founded The New School for Social Research
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Jean Piaget works at Alfred Binet Laboratory
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. -
Lev Vygotsky starts formal work in Psychology
Attended the Institute of Psychology in Moscow
Theories:
1. The Zone of Proximal Development
2. The More Knowledgeable Other
3. Sociocultural Theory -
Albert Bandura birth
The American Psychologist was born in Canada on 4 December 1925 -
Lev Vygotsky writing achievements
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 -
Lev Vygotsky death
Died of TB at age 37 -
Jerome Bruner achieves AB Degree
Majored in Psychology at Duke University -
Jerome Bruner achieves MA
MA achieved at Harvard University -
Jean Lave birth
Born in 1939 in Illinois and grew up in California -
John Seely Brown birth
Born in New York -
Jerome Bruner achieves Ph.D
Harvard University -
Jerome Bruner joins Harvard University faculty
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Roger Schank birth
Born in America -
Daniel Goleman birth
Born 7 March 1946 in California -
K Anders Ericsson birth
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Ellen Langer birth
Born in New York -
John Dewey death
Died in New York at age 92 -
Albert Bandura graduates with Doctorate
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 -
Jerome Bruner publishes "The Process of Education"
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". -
Jerome Bruner opens Centre for Cognitive Studies
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 -
Albert Bandura and the Bobo Doll experiment
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. -
John Seely Brown graduates
Graduated from Brown University with degrees in Mathematics and Physics -
Jean Lave receives Doctorate
Doctorate in Social Anthropology from Harvard University
Lave has a strong interest in social theory and learning. -
Lev Vygotsky theories are known in the West
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. -
John Seely Brown earns Ph.D
From University of Michigan - Computer and Communication Sciences -
Jean Piaget achieves Erasmus award
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Jerome Bruner joins Oxford University
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 -
Daniel Goleman achieves Ph.D
Ph.D achieved at Harvard University in Psychology -
Ellen Langer achieves Ph.D
Ph.D in Social and Clinical Psychology - Yale University -
Roger Schank joins Yale University
Professor of Computer Science and Psychology -
Jean Piaget achieves Balzan award
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Roger Schank founds Cognitive Systems
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 -
Jean Piaget achievements & death
Six decade career in child psychology.
Theory that "children develop mentally in 4 stages".
Author of more than 50 books and hundreds of papers
Died in Geneva, Switzerland at 84 years old -
Daniel Goleman joins New York Times
Joins NYT "Psychology Today" as Psychologist and Journalist -
Albert Bandura develops Social Cognitive Theory
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 -
Ellen Langer publishes book
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. -
Roger Schank sets up Institute for Learning Sciences
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) -
K Anders Ericsson publishes book on theory
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 -
Jean Lave publishes book - Situated Learning
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
This book was co-authored with her student Etienne Wenger. -
K Anders Ericsson publishes book
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. -
Daniel Goleman's book - an international bestseller
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 -
Ellen Langer publishes book
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 -
John Seely Brown elected as Co-chairman of Deloittes Centre for the Edge
Has been in this position for over 2 decades He is part artist, part scientist and part strategist -
John Seely Brown publishes Book
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 -
Jerome Bruner death
Died at 100 years of age
Believed to have made outstanding contributions to the study of perception, cognition, and education -
K Anders Ericsson death
