Answer to Question #86561 in Philosophy for Tebogo

Question

What philosophy of teaching of teaching and learning must be used to benefit learners

Answer 1

The following philosophies and examples of individuals are worth of being used to benefit learners: Existentialism (Maxine Greene, Jean-Paul Sartre, Soren Kierkegaard, Simone de Beauvoir), Critical Theory (Karl Marx, Henry Geroux, Michael Apple, Paulo Friere), Behaviorism (B.F. Skinner), Cognitivism / Developmentalism (Maria Montessori, A.S. Neill, John Dewey, Knowles, Waldorf Schools, Reggio Emilia Schools), Social Constructivism (John Dewey, Lev Vygotsky, Jerome Bruner, Montessori, Reggio Emilia and Waldorf Schools), Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner), Brain based learning (Marian Diamond, Renate and Geoffrey Caine, Thomas Armstrong, Candace Pert, and Eric Jensen).