Educational Psychology / Unit 1 EDP 0002 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Herbart's Formal Steps
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The idea
Johann Herbart, often called the father of educational psychology, held that learning depends on interest and that teachers should build on what students know.
In practice
His formal steps: review, prepare with an overview, present, relate new to old, then show the application.
Where people slip
Herbart worked in the early nineteenth century, long before educational psychology existed as a separate scientific field.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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