Abstract:Educational Psychology at First the Handmaiden of Educational Reform.-From the beginning of the modern period there has been a close connection between psychology and education. The early educational reformers appealed to psychological principles in support of their proposals-as indeed they do today. vVe must note, however, that all too often the appeal was to a psychology specially tailored to fit the theory. Strongly convinced that they had a vast improvement to make in education, Komensky, Pestalozzi, Rouss… Show more
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