Educational Psychology / Unit 1 EDP 0004 short lesson, about 20 seconds
William James Talks to Teachers
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The idea
William James, the father of American psychology, wrote Talks to Teachers on Psychology in eighteen ninety-nine, addressing the new science directly to teachers.
In practice
He defined education as organizing a learner's acquired habits of conduct and tendencies to behave.
Where people slip
His emphasis fell on habit, attention, memory and association, and on linking new material to what students already know.
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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