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Download full textOrmrod, Jeanne Ellis – 1998
This paper argues that in teaching educational psychology, different experts often compartmentalize theories in substantially different ways, and there is considerable disagreement within the field regarding the dividing lines that separate various "isms." The four main "isms" (behaviorism, information processing theory, constructivism, and social…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Psychology, Educational Theories
Direct linkPetrina, Stephen – History of Education Quarterly, 2004
In addition to contemporary boundaries and identities of educational psychology is the historiography of progressive education. Historians have too readily played into the hands of practitioners, accepting antagonisms between Freud and Thorndike, psychoanalysis and behaviorism, liberty and discipline. In its final analysis, this article embraces…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Educational Psychology, Educational History, Educational Trends
DeMartino, Darrell J. – 1999
An instructional systems approach to learning draws on principles of instructional design and development but also draws from theories such as behaviorism, information processing, cognitive theory, adult education, and systems theory among others. This paper focuses on how instructional designers can benefit from awareness of different adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behaviorism, Constructivism (Learning), Design Preferences
Peer reviewedKessler, Shirley A. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
Examines developmentally appropriate versus inappropriate practices in terms of curriculum studies. Discusses problems with the justification of child-centered practices based on developmental theory; philosophical, historical, and political dimensions of a curriculum based on appropriate practices; and an alternative model based on early…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Child Development, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values
Fagan, William T. – 1991
The trait-state model, a framework for understanding adult literacy, draws heavily on the social psychological literature. Allport (1961) first proposed the notion of trait. The overriding characteristics of focus on trait is the individual's possession of language control. Cattell (1950, 1979) emphasized the notion of state in relation to trait…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Behaviorism
Peer reviewedDepaepe, Marc – Paedagogica Historica, 1997
Attributes the divergence between U.S. and German approaches to educational psychology prior to World War II to the German emphasis on "Gestaltpsychologie." This approach focused on hermeneutics and philosophy rather than behaviorism. The emphasis on a total, interconnected philosophical approach was later corrupted by the Nazis into…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
