David Paul Ausubel
David Paul Ausubel (born October 25, 1918 in Brooklyn , New York , NY , † July 9, 2008 in New York) was an American educator, learning theorist and university professor.
Life and accomplishments
Ausubel studied medicine, specialized as a psychiatrist and came to education through psychology . Based on Jean Piaget , Ausubel developed his own learning-theoretical variant of cognitivism . Some authors, however, assign Ausubel's theory to constructivism (learning psychology) .
Ausubel pointed out that learning consists in linking new material with existing knowledge ( assimilation ). For example, the mother tongue is an enormous help when learning a foreign language and, according to Ausubel, should also be used as such in class. In order to facilitate this link between the new and the old, the teacher should clearly structure the material in advance ( advance organizer ).
Jerome Bruner starts from a similar learning theory as Ausubel, but in contrast to Ausubel emphasizes more material than formal learning goals. Despite a high degree of agreement between Ausubel and Bruner with regard to the goal, there has been a longstanding, heated controversy between the two over the question of how cognitive structures are (should) be built up in teaching; Bruner countered receptive learning ( teacher lecture , instructional film ) according to Ausubel with discovery learning ( project teaching ).
Fonts
- The use of advance organizers in the learning and retention of meaningful verbal material. Journal of Educational Psychology, 51, 267-272 (1960).
- The Psychology of Meaningful Verbal Learning. New York: Grune & Stratton (1963).
- Learning Theory and Classroom Practice. Ontario: The Ontario Institute For Studies In Education (1967)
- Educational Psychology, A Cognitive View. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1968).
- in Radical School Reform: Critique and Alternatives , edited by Cornelius J. Troost. Boston: Little, Brown and Company (1973).
Web links
- Literature by and about David Paul Ausubel in the catalog of the German National Library
- David Ausubel in the database of Find a Grave (English)
swell
- ^ Presentation by Hans-Joachim Vollrath
- ^ Walter Edelmann: Learning Psychology . Psychologie Verlags Union, Weinheim, 6th, completely revised. 2000, p. 144.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ausubel, David Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American educator and learning theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York , NY , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 2008 |
| Place of death | new York |