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Educational Theories

Adult Learning Theory
Students should be actively involved in the learning process. Research indicates that students retain and learn more by being engaged in active learning strategies (Lynn Harris).

Learning Theories and Instructional Strategies Matrix
Includes theories of behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism (George Mason University).

Funderstanding
This section examines 12 different theories on how people learn:
Learning is a Personal Event
Constructivism, a learning theory informed by cognitive psychology, educational research, and neurological science, views learning as the product of experience and social discourse. Constructivists consider learning to be an individual and personal event (Southwest Educational Development Laboratory).

Constructivist T&L Principles
As its name may imply, constructivism emphasizes the building (i.e., constructing) that occurs in people's minds when they learn (John Lawrence Bencze, University of Toronto).

Explorations in Learning & Instruction: Theory into Practice Database
This tool is intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts (Greg Kearsley, GWU).