Psychology and Education Parallel and Interactive Approaches
Drawing on the tradition of John Dewey and William James, the authors offer a concise overview of psychological theories and their applications to education, while managing to maintain the distinction between the two disciplines. Their seminal work will prove invaluable for educators, administrators...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1993, 1993
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1993 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Preliminary Considerations
- 1. What Is Educational Psychology?
- 2. The Quality of United States Schools: An International Comparison with Attention to Values
- II. Psychological Viewpoints and Related Paradigms of Learning
- 3. Functionalism: Goal-Directed Activity, Purposivity, Dewey’s Pragmatism, and Modern Feedback Theory
- 4. Associationism: The Experience of Contiguity between Events and Its Molding of Thought, Perception, and Feeling
- 5. Russian Dialectical-Materialist Psychology: Classical Conditioning and Its Relation to Mentation and Language
- 6. Behaviorism: Instrumental Conditioning and Programmed Instruction
- 7. Gestalt Psychology: Perceptual Illusions and Insight-Thinking
- 8. Freudian Psychoanalysis: Therapy as Reeducation
- 9. Criticisms of Psychoanalysis by Jung, Adler, and Sullivan: Implications for Education
- 10. Cognitive Psychology: An Emphasis on the Mind
- III. Professional Aspects of Teaching
- 11. Instructional Methods and Nomenclature
- 12. Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Teaching
- 13. Fundamentals of Testing
- 14. Fundamentals of Reading
- 15. Epilogue and Prologue: A Look to the Future
- References
- About the Authors