Notable Theorists Related to Adult Learning and Human Resource Development

It is not a complete list and was not constructed using any rigorous method, but we hope to continue to add this list on a continuing basis. Each description was written by graduate student in AL/HRD program.

Abraham Maslow
Albert Bandura
Donald A. Schon
Donald Kirkpatrick
Eduard C. Lindeman
Edward Lee Thorndike
Erving Goffman
Herbert Alexander Simon
John Dewey
Karl E. Weick
Kurt Lewin
Lawrence Kohlberg
Malcolm Knowles
Max Weber
Paulo Freire
Rensis Likert
Robert Mills Gagne
Talcott Parsons

 


From AHRD Scholar Hall-Of-Fame

Channing R. Dooley Lilian M.Gilbreth B.F. Skinner
Donald E. Super Gary S. Becker Leonard Nadler
 

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