Learning Theory Timeline

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This timeline is a work in progress. The goal is to identify the introduction of key ideas about learning through the history of psychology, education, linguistics, computer science, anthropology and other relevant domains.

Contents 1 Ancient Philosophy 2 Renaissance Philosophy 3 Early Psychology 4 Progressive Education 5 Behaviorism 6 Gestalt Psychology 7 Information Processing 7.1 Mental Models 7.2 Neural Networks 8 Situated Cognition

Ancient Philosophy

• Aristotle
• Plato/Socrates

Renaissance Philosophy

• Descartes
• Lock
• Hume

Early Psychology

• Freud
• James
• Kohler

Progressive Education

• Dewey

Behaviorism

• Thordike
• Skinner
• Watson

Gestalt Psychology

• Wertheimer
• Piaget

Information Processing

• Newell & Simon
• Chomsky

Mental Models

• Johnson-Laird
• deKleer
• Hestenes

Neural Networks

Situated Cognition

• Lave
• Collins & Brown