To supplement this "lightening tour" you will need other resources. A handy place to look is the Theory Into Practice Database which "contains descriptions of over 50 theories relevant to human learning and instruction". There is useful link from that page to the Encyclopaedia of Psychology which has supplemental information in its "People and History" section.

There is another site at the University of Hawaii at Manoa which provides a thinner set of resources, but neverthless sets a nice context between Major Theorists (people), Learning Theories, Educational Psychlogy and History of Education.

Educational Theory: Some Entry Points

Adult Learning

Application/Education

Empirical Laws

  • Short-term memory
  • Implicit learning
  • Attention
  • ...

Theories

  • Bruner
  • Skinner
  • Piaget
  • Vygotsky
  • Saljo
  • Papert
  • Lave and Wenger

Theories

  • Vygotsky
  • Dewey
  • Montessori
  • ...

Models & Taxonomies

  • Bloom's Taxonomy
  • Kolb's Learning Cycle
  • Merrill's Performance Content Matrix
  • Leith's Taxonomy
  • Perry's Model
  • ...

Models of Instructional Design

  • Gagne
  • Papert
  • Pask
  • Problem-based Learning ("McMaster Method")
  • ...

Instruments

  • Inventories
    • Honey & Mumford
    • Entwistle
  • Questionnaires
  • Scales
  • ...

Educational Technology