EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCERS
These are the people that excite me most about teaching these days. They are educational researchers, psychologists, early childhood specialists, authors, parents, and everyday people. I have included only one or two links for brevity, but each person has a whole canon of work that is incredible. There are many other people who have positively influenced my teaching, but for simplicity, I'll keep it at these.
Dr. Richard Ryan & Dr. Edward Deci
Researchers on Motivation
Co-Developers of Self-Determination Theory
Dr. Ryan & Dr. Deci and many other scientists have an incredible breadth of research and articles on the SDT website linked above
Peter Gray
Researcher in Psychology
Psychology Today blog series: Freedom to Learn
Blog post: Why Kids are Suffering
Book: Free to Learn
Sugata Mitra
Educational Theorist, Computer Scientist
TED Talk: Kids Can Teach Themselves
TED Talk: The Child-Driven Education
Ken Robinson
Speaker and Advisor on Arts Education
TED Talk: Do Schools Kill Creativity?
TED Talk Playlist: Ten Talks on Education
Janet Lansbury
Parent Educator, RIE Parenting