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• Paradigms:

   
Behaviorism
   
Cognitivism
   
Constructivism
   
Humanism

• Behaviorist Theories:

   
Behaviorism (philosophy of education)
   Classical Conditioning (
Ivan Pavlov)
   Operant Conditioning (
B.F. Skinner)
   
Direct Instruction (
Siegfried Engelmann)
  

• Cognitivist Theories:

   
Cognitivism (philosophy of education)
   Assimilation Theory (
David Ausubel)
   Attribution Theory (
Fritz Heider)
   
Cognitive load (
John Sweller)
   
Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (
Richard Mayer)
   Elaboration Theory (
Charles Reigeluth)
   
Social cognitive theory (
Albert Bandura)
   Stage Theory of Cognitive Development (
Jean Piaget)
   
zone of proximal development(
Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky)

Taxonomies:

Bloom's taxonomy ( Benjamin Bloom)

Multiple Intelligences ( Howard Gardner)

• Constructivist Theories:

   
Constructivism (philosophy of education)
   Empirical Theory of Knowledge and Reality (
John Dewey)
   Experiential Learning (
David Kolb)
   Communities of Practice (
Jean Lave and 
Etienne Wenger)
   
Problem-Based Learning (
Howard Barrows)
   Montessori on education (
Maria Montessori)
   
Situated learning (
Jean Lave and 
Etienne Wenger)

• Humanist Theories:

   
Humanism (philosophy of education)
   
Critical pedagogy (
Paulo Freire)  
   
Waldorf education (
Rudolf Steiner)
   
Choice theory (
William Glasser)
   ARCS Model of Motivational Design (
John Keller)
   Emotional Intelligence (
Daniel Goleman)
   Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (
Abraham Maslow)
   
Self-determination theory (
Edward Deci and Richard Ryan)

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