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500 BCE
Democrito wrote about education
He came to possess a true philosophy of education, and wrote on the advantages conferred by schooling -
Period: 500 BCE to
History of Psychology of education
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360 BCE
The first historical reference appears
It dates back to Greek philosophy, based on Aristotle and Plato's approaches.They discussed the following topics: the role of the teacher; the relations between teacher and student; the nature of learning, and learning apart from a teacher. -
1492
Juan Luis Vives was born
Juan Luis Vives wrote about the need to adjust instruction for all students, but especially for the "feeble minded", anticipating the work of educational and school psychologists in special education -
Friedrich Herbart was born
It were the Herbartians who first made pedagogical technique the focus of scientific study, pointing the way to the field of research on teaching. -
William James was born
He published the book Principles of Psychology with abundant psycho-pedagogical suggestions -
Alfred Binet was born
He developed the first individual intelligence test -
James Cattell was born
He brought experimental psychology to America and although he did not deal with specific topics of educational psychology, he tried to apply psychology to all fields -
Thorndike was born
Edward Lee Thorndike strengthened Educational Psychology as a scientific discipline -
Philosophical method
The German physiologist, psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Wundt applies the philosophical method to study learning -
"Educational Psychology" is published
Edward Lee Thorndike publised this book, where he calls for the dissemination of the applications that psychology could offer in education -
Educational psychology Magazine appears
The prestigious magazine “Journal of Education Psychology “ appears -
Educational Psychology in danger
The educational psychology was about to disappear because it produced very little scientific research -
Educational Psychology is born as a scientific discipline
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Development of educational psychology
Since 1960 the psychology of education has a great development due to social changes. . Most schools in the world require their teachers to attend specialized courses before starting to practice
