Useful Theorists and Support Guides for the edTPA
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-Mahatma Gandhi
Theorists Alphabetized
- Aronson, Elliot (Jigsaw Classroom)
- Ausubel, David (Advance Organizers & Meaningful Learning)
- Baddeley, Alan (Working Memory Model)
- Bandura, Albert (Social Learning Theory)
- Bloom, Benjamin (Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy)
- Brofenbrenner, Urie (Ecological Systems Theory)
- Bruner, Jerome (Discovery Learning & Constructivism)
- Chi, Michelene (ICAP Model)
- Chomsky, Noam (Linguistics)
- Costa, Arthur (Costa's Levels of Thinking and Questioning)
- Csíkszentmihályi, Mihaly (Flow)
- Dave, Ravindrakumar H. (Psychomotor Taxonomy)
- Downes, Stephen [paired with George Siemens] (Connectivism)
- Duckworth, Angela Lee (Grit)
- Egan, Kieran (Cognitive Tools Theory)
- Erikson, Erik (Psychoanalytical Theories)
- Flavell, John (Metacognition)
- Gardner, Howard (Multiple Intelligences)
- Gagné, Robert Mills (Conditions of Learning)
- González-Fernández, Beatriz (L2 Vocabulary Knowledge Acquisition)
- Gregorc, Anthony (Mind Styles Model)
- Guilford, J.P. (Divergent Thinking & SOI Theory)
- Harasim, Linda (Collaborativism)
- Harrow, Anita J. (Psychomotor Taxonomy)
- Himmele, Pérsida and William (Cognitive Engagement)
- Hutchins, Edwin (Distributed Cognition)
- Kagan, Spencer (Cooperative Learning)
- Koedinger, Kenneth (Knowledge-Learning-Instruction Framework)
- Kolb, David and Alice (Experiential Learning Cycle & Learning Styles)
- Krathwohl, David (Krathwohl's Affective Taxonomy)
- Kress, Gunther (Multimodality and Multiliteracy)
- Ladsons-Billing, Gloria (Culturally Relevant Pedagogy)
- Lave, Jean [paired with Étienne Wenger] (Situated Learning)
- Maslow, Abraham (Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs)
- Nation, Paul (Four Strands Language Teaching Framework & Extensive Reading)
- Papert, Seymour (Constructionism)
- Piaget, Jean (Cognitive-Stage Theory)
- Rogers, Carl (Humanism)
- Schmitt, Norbert and Diane (Vocabulary)
- Shuell, Thomas (Learning Functions & Meaningful Learning)
- Siegler, Robert (Overlapping Waves Model)
- Siemens, George [paired with Stephen Downes] (Connectivism)
- Simpson, Elizabeth J. (Psychomotor Taxonomy)
- Skinner, B.F. (Behaviorism)
- Sweller, John (Cognitive Load Theory)
- Vygotsky, Lev (Socio-Cultural Learning)
- Wenger, Étienne [paired with Jean Lave] (Communities of Practice)
- Winston-Proctor, Cynthia E. (Personality Psychology)
Other Useful Information
- Additional Considerations EdTPA Tips
- Pondering Your Understanding Jerome Bruner
- Linguistics: The Study of The Human Instinct Noam Chomsky
- Considering Learning Styles and Personalities David Kolb
- Classic Conditioning B.F. Skinner
- For PE and Dance Teachers Psychomotor Taxonomies
- For ROP, Industrial Tech/Art, and Related Content Teachers Psychomotor Taxonomies
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I obtained my Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, at UCLA in 2015. My formal experience with pedagogy began when in my senior year, I enrolled in UCLA's Undergraduate Math Pedagogy program and participated in activities with the UCLA Curtis Center for Mathematics and Teaching. I later obtained my Single Subject Teaching Credential in Mathematics at Cal State LA upon completion of my directed teaching in 2017. Since high school, I have tutored a variety of subjects. I worked at various learning centers and school programs. Afterwards, I obtained my Master of Arts in Ed Tech Leadership. From here I learned to build websites.
In 2019, while in the MA in Ed Tech Leadership, I completed a project on how to ground instructional design and development in theory based on your learners and how important this is in order to obtain optimal results. From experience, I have already cited theory for past projects and assessments including the TPA. I have also seen colleagues who struggle to start and write the TPA because they did not have a unified resource for ideas and content to cite amidst having their brains fried by endless obligations! Thus, I wanted to make everything easier for them.
Upon completion of my MA in 2020, I started building websites to keep up my newly learned skills just as the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdowns began. With more time at hand, I brainstormed ideas of sites I could build and who would benefit the most from them. I know many people who struggled to get through the edTPA. I realized that I could take my skills to help my colleagues get through those hoops needed to become a teacher. In addition, I realized all the additional and long-term benefits that exist for such a site such as helping educators apply theory for funding and grants.
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Our Purpose
Our purpose is to provide resources to help teaching credential candidates and student teachers with their edTPA and other reports. All of our content is carefully sourced from scholarly sources written by experts in their fields of work and study. We aim to provide quality content and a plethora of ideas to write about and incorporate theory into your justifications and analyses. We provide wisdom that all educators can use to improve their pedagogy.
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We also provide knowledge you can use when writing your analysis for obtaining your clear credential and writing to obtain money for your classroom and school programs and initiatives! Writing to obtain funding for your classroom or school takes a lot of energy and the competition is high! With knowledge of psycho-developmental theory, sociology theory, instructional design, and more, you can make your writing stand out in the mound of applications that the readers must sort through. Furthermore, by reading and learning from our gamut of knowledge, you can prepare for a Master's degree, Ph.D, or Ed.D in education.
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The NEA Foundation
Association of American Educators
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Graduate Programs and Professional Opportunities
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