Educational Psychology: A Century of Contributions
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Educational Psychology: A Century of Contributions[1] is a book edited by Barry Zimmerman and Dale Schunk in which each chapter presents a biography of an eminent scholar whose work has had a significant influence on the field of educational psychology. It is one of the few examples of published educational psychology historiography.[2] The book was supported by the Educational Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association (Division 15). A committee of eight educational psychologists (David Berliner, Anita Woolfolk Hoy, Richard Mayer, Wilbert J. McKeachie, Michael Pressley, Richard Snow, Claire Ellen Weinstein, and Joanna Williams) selected the following biographical subjects.
- Albert Bandura 1925–2021
- Alfred Binet 1857–1911
- Benjamin Bloom 1913–1999
- Ann Brown 1943–1999
- Jerome Bruner 1915–2016
- Lee Cronbach 1916–2001
- John Dewey 1859–1952
- Nathaniel Gage 1917–2008
- Robert Gagné 1916–2002
- William James 1842–1910
- Maria Montessori 1870–1952
- Jean Piaget 1896–1980
- Herbert A. Simon 1916–2001
- Burrhus Frederic Skinner 1904–1990
- Charles Spearman 1863–1945
- Lewis Terman 1877–1956
- Edward L. Thorndike 1874–1949
- Lev Semenovich Vygotsky 1896–1934
References
[edit]- ^ Zimmerman, B. J., & Schunk, D. H. (Eds.)(2003). Educational psychology: A century of contributions. Mahwah, NJ, US: Erlbaum.
- ^ Berliner, D. C. (2006). Educational psychology: Searching for essence throughout a century of influence. In P. A. Alexander and P. H. Winne (Eds.) Handbook of Educational Psychology (p. 3–27). Routledge.