Gerhard Steiner (psychologist)

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Gerhard Steiner (born December 24, 1937 in Basel ) is a Swiss psychologist .

From 1948 to 1958, Steiner graduated from the mathematics and natural sciences high school and the teachers' seminar in Basel. He worked as a teacher and studied psychology , philosophy , mathematics and art history at the University of Basel , where he also received his doctorate in 1971. In 1978 he completed his habilitation at the University of Bern . From 1978, when he succeeded Hans Kunz , until September 30, 2003, he was a full professor of psychology at the University of Basel.

Fonts (selection)

  • Early Mathematics Education as Thought Education: A Psychological Inquiry into the Role of Thinking in Early Mathematics Education. Klett , Stuttgart 1973, ISBN 3-12-927250-X (= dissertation , University of Basel, 1971).
  • (with Hans Aebli ) Problems of school practice and the educational sciences: performance, creativity, homework, discipline, social learning, guest worker children (= teacher training of tomorrow. Vol. 1). Klett, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-12-920260-9 .
  • (with Hans Aebli and Leo Montada ) Recognize, learn, grow: On pedagogical motivation theory, learning psychology and cognitive development (= teacher training of tomorrow. Vol. 2). Klett, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-12-920270-6 .
  • (with Urs K. Hedinger and August Flammer ) Language, social behavior, research methods: On the current state of research in linguistic psychology and educational sociology, with an introduction to the statistics and methodology of educational research (= teacher training of tomorrow. Vol. 3) . Klett , Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-12-920280-3 .
  • (Ed.) Piaget and the consequences: developmental psychology, thought psychology, genetic psychology (= The psychology of the 20th century. Vol. 7). Kindler , Zurich 1978, ISBN 3-463-19010-9 .
  • Visual ideas when solving elementary problems: About the effect of visual ideas and their relationship to visual perception. Klett-Cotta , Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-12-928020-0 (= habilitation thesis , University of Bern, 1977).
  • Learning: 20 scenarios from everyday life. Huber, Bern / Stuttgart / Toronto 1988, ISBN 3-456-81559-X . 4th edition. Huber, Bern 2007, ISBN 978-3-456-84402-2 .
  • The kick to efficient learning: Successful and sustainable training thanks to learning psychological competence, conveyed using 30 examples (= Vocational Training Research Switzerland. Vol. 6). hep, Bern 2007, ISBN 978-3-03-905346-9 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 19th edition. Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-23607-7 , Volume 3, p. 3282.
  2. ↑ Klaus Opwis : Address to say goodbye to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Steiner (PDF; 69 kB), July 2, 2003.
  3. ^ Psychology: Annual Report 2003 (PDF; 21 kB), website of the University of Basel.
personal data
SURNAME Steiner, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss psychologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel