The theory of educational origin originates from psychology. Initiated by Monroe, USA. It is believed that the founders of educational biology ignored the essential difference between human psychology and animals. It is believed that education originates from children's unconscious imitation of adults, and imitation is not only the initial form and means of education, but also the essence of education.
The person who put forward educational psychology is Costa Rocchi. Comenius of the Czech Republic clearly put forward for the first time that education must follow the concept of nature. Pestaloch of Switzerland put forward "educational psychology". Herbart in Germany clearly put forward for the first time that teaching research should be based on psychology and other disciplines.
Ushinski, a famous Russian educator, published the book "Anthropology of Education" in 1867 (the Chinese translation of this book is "People as Educational Objects", Science Press, 1959 edition). The book "Educational Psychology" by Russian educator and psychologist Karp Jielev (лкалтерев) was published in 1877.
Thorndike's book Educational Psychology, published in 1903, explains the concept of learning in detail in combination with the school situation, thus making educational psychology an independent experimental scientific system, which is the real beginning of modern educational psychology.
19 13 This book has been expanded into three volumes, including human nature, learning psychology, individual differences and their causes. His three laws of learning (the law of effect, the law of preparation and the law of practice) and the theory of individual difference became important topics in educational psychology around the 1920s.
Because Thorndike put the focus of educational psychology research on learning psychology, the educational psychology circle in China has always regarded learning psychology as the main object of educational psychology research for a long time. This is the earliest educational psychology book officially named "Educational Psychology" that we know so far, which makes Thorndike the founder of this subject.