History of the Educational Psychology

CormeniusRecognition of the age differences in cheldren's ability to learn

Plato and AristotleKnowledge is innate

1600

1750

Jean RousseauKnowledge acquisition occurs thought experience, children's natural inclination and feelings

LockeMind was like a tabula rasa; he established empiricism

1670

PestalozziHe taught into practice and drawing upon their natural interests and activities

Wilhelm Wundt Theory of consciousness trough mental processes

Mid of 19th century

1850

Johann HerbartLearning follows from builiding up sequences of interest ideas and motivation

Herbert SpencerTrasfomation of sentiments about pedagogy into systematic theory

1827

1879

History of the Educational Psychology

John DeweyEfficient instruction, the child must be regular, punctual and silent

Edward ThorndikeOnly empirical work guides education, strengthening or weakening are the result of experiences

1910

1949

Edward Titchener He focused on mental processes, he said introspectation is a way to know feelings

Wiliam JamesTeachers have to guide the young to acquire proper habits

1927

1920

Jerome BrunerThe success and failure of schooling is still measured primarily by the acquisition of prescribed content

Learning process, hoe learners acquire, retain, and trasform information of higher mental processes

Benjamin BloomHe categorizes the leves of reasoning skills required in classroom situations

1970

1950

Cognitive Psychology

Alfred BinetDeveloped series of tests to assess mental abilities, such as attention and memory

1960

REFERENCes

References: Grinder, R.E. (1989). Educational Psychology: the master science. InM.C. Wittrock & F. Farley (Eds.), The Future of Educational Psychology (pp.3-18). Hillsdale New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Zimmerman, B. J., & Schunk, D. H. (2014). Educational psychology: A century of contributions: A Project of Division 15 (educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Society. Routledge.

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