Home›Thinkers›All ThinkersBrowse ByAll ThinkersReference and ClassificationDevelopingEducator entities are the individual theorists, reformers, philosophers and system builders this atlas documents, distinct from the approach they founded, the theory they authored, or the institution they led, each of which is its own entity linked back to the educator by relationship. This category is the atlas's biographical spine for education, grouped into seven bands by primary scholarly contribution, from learning and cognitive theorists through educational philosophers and progressive reformers, covering everyone the field credits with shaping how education itself is understood and practiced, not only classroom-facing teachers.FactsAll ThinkersSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1770 1All ThinkersFilter Results326 entriesPedagogical ApproachAllBehaviourism (7)Bilingual Education (1)Charlotte Mason Method (1)Classical Education (1)Cognitivism (10)Constructivism (4)Cooperative Learning (3)Core Knowledge Sequence (1)Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (1)Dalton Plan (1)Decroly Method (1)Democratic Education (2)Differentiated Instruction (1)Direct Instruction (1)Essentialism (education) (1)Experiential Learning (2)Feminist Pedagogy (1)Flipped Classroom (2)Freinet Pedagogy (1)Froebelian Education (2)Herbartianism (1)HighScope Approach (1)Humanism (4)Inquiry-Based Learning (1)Keller Plan (1)Liberationism (8)Madrasa Pedagogy (1)Mastery Learning (1)Monitorial System (2)Montessori Education (1)Multicultural Education (3)Paideia Program (1)Peer Instruction (1)Perennialism (education) (2)Pestalozzian Method (2)Problem-Based Learning (1)Progressivism (education) (6)Reciprocal Teaching (1)Reggio Emilia Approach (1)Silent Way (1)Social Reconstructionism (education) (1)Socratic Method (1)Suggestopedia (1)Suzuki Method (1)Universal Design for Learning (1)Unschooling (1)Waldorf Education (1)Whole Language Approach (1)Influenced ByAllB.F. 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BoyerInstitutional Founders and System BuildersErnst von GlasersfeldPhilosopher and psychologistÉtienne WengerLearning and Cognitive TheoristsEverett RogersInstitutional Founders and System BuildersFatima al-FihriInstitutional Founders and System BuildersFerdinand BerthierInstitutional Founders and System BuildersFergus I. M. CraikLearning and Cognitive TheoristsFrances MansbridgeInstitutional Founders and System BuildersFrancis Wayland ParkerEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersFred S. KellerFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsFrederick A. P. BarnardInstitutional Founders and System BuildersFredy HirschFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsFriedrich FroebelFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsFritz HeiderLearning and Cognitive TheoristsGabriele Petkevicaite-BiteInstitutional Founders and System BuildersGeorg ForchhammerFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsGeorg RaschCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsGeorge CountsEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersGeorge SiemensLearning and Cognitive TheoristsGeorge TicknorAcademic and literary historianGeorgi LozanovFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsGerry StahlEducational technologistGloria Ladson-BillingsEquity and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy TheoristsGoldine GleserCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsGordon PaskCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsGraham HitchLearning and Cognitive TheoristsGrant WigginsCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsGregory UlmerEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersGuy BrousseauCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsHans FreudenthalMathematician and education reformerHarold J. NoahEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersHedwig von RestorffLearning and Cognitive TheoristsHelen BeebeFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsHelen ParkhurstEducatorHenri PieronLearning and Cognitive TheoristsHenry GirouxEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersHerbert W. MarshLearning and Cognitive TheoristsHermann EbbinghausLearning and Cognitive TheoristsHorace MannInstitutional Founders and System BuildersHoward GardnerLearning and Cognitive TheoristsHoward S. BarrowsCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsHubert DreyfusLearning and Cognitive TheoristsHypatiaEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersIrene ChengEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersIsawa ShūjiInstitutional Founders and System BuildersIvan IllichEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersIvar LovaasLearning and Cognitive TheoristsIvy DumontEducator and public officialJ. Schuyler LongFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsJabbar BaghtchebanInstitutional Founders and System BuildersJack HalberstamEquity and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy TheoristsJack MezirowLearning and Cognitive TheoristsJacob Rodrigues PereiraFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsJaime EscalanteCelebrated Classroom Teachers and Instructional InnovatorsJames A. BanksEquity and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy TheoristsJane FernandesInstitutional Founders and System BuildersJay McTigheCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsJean LaveLearning and Cognitive TheoristsJean Marc Gaspard ItardEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersJean MassieuPioneers of Education for the Blind and DeafJean PiagetLearning and Cognitive TheoristsJean-Jacques RousseauEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersJerome BrunerLearning and Cognitive TheoristsJill Ker ConwayInstitutional Founders and System BuildersJim CumminsLearning and Cognitive TheoristsJohann Friedrich HerbartPhilosopher and educatorJohann Heinrich PestalozziFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsJohann Julius HeckerInstitutional Founders and System BuildersJohn Amos ComeniusFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsJohn B. BiggsCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsJohn DeweyEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersJohn DowningLearning and Cognitive TheoristsJohn H. SchumannApplied linguistJohn HattieCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsJohn HoltEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersJohn I. GoodladCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsJohn LockeEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersJohn M. KellerCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsJohn SwellerLearning and Cognitive TheoristsJohn Wilkinson Taylor (educator)Institutional Founders and System BuildersJonathan BergmannCooperative and Collaborative Learning TheoristsJonathan KozolEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersJoseph LancasterInstitutional Founders and System BuildersJoseph SchwabCurriculum and Instructional Design TheoristsJulie Hayden (teacher)Equity and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy TheoristsJune JordanFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsK. Anders EricssonLearning and Cognitive TheoristsKatharina RutschkyEducational Philosophers and Progressive ReformersKatharine DrexelInstitutional Founders and System BuildersKazimierz DabrowskiLearning and Cognitive TheoristsKenneth S. GoodmanFounders of Named Pedagogical Methods and MovementsKevin JenningsInstitutional Founders and System BuildersKevin KumashiroEquity and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy TheoristsKieran EganEducational Philosophers and Progressive Reformers← Previous1234Next →Sources1. 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NeillContains: Rudolf SteinerContains: John Amos ComeniusContains: Rabindranath TagoreContains: Malcolm KnowlesContains: Howard GardnerView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.