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Period: 1501 to
Siglo XVI
Education books appear.
Juan Vives 1492 - 1540 in Glover, 1987) points out the importance of perception and memory in the educational process. -
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Herbart
It states that learning is reinforced through interest.
His theory of perception and perceptual mass became the educational example of the nineteenth century. -
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Francis Galton
He was one of the great representatives of differential psychology (Hernández, 1998; Roca, Domenjó, Molla, & de la Casa Rivas, 2011), his works published in 1874 were directly related to educational psychology. -
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Judd
His goal of educational psychology is to analyze mental processes through the child's apprehension of systems of experience.
In addition, it raises the importance of considering the social character of education. -
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James
His concepts point out that the mind is not passive when adapting to circumstances, but active and elective, therefore the child is seen as an active organism.
His influence on educational psychology occurred in the dedication to teacher training. -
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Dewey
It raises the importance of using child-centered teaching themes and defense of cooperative school guidance, these approaches gave rise to the active education movement. -
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Thorndike
The first who deserved the name of Educational Psychologist.
He unfolded his work for 40 years promoting Educational Psychology as a scientific discipline.
He seeks complete science with Education and Psychology. -
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Stanley Hall
First educational psychologist. Lectures and writings on the relationships between psychology and education. He founded the
Pedagogical Seminary. -
Witmer
He presented a report to the APA in which he tried to define the basic professional scheme in which the educational psychologist would operate: a mix between the psycho-school and the medical. -
Binet y Vianey
Creation of two psychopedagogy laboratories. -
Claparede y Bovet
He created the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute for the training of educational psychologists and to generate research in the psychopedagogical field. -
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Scientific discipline
Educational Psychology is emerging as a new scientific discipline. -
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Glaser, Linch y Snelbecker
During this time, a distancing arose between psychology and education.