Kurt W. Fischer

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Kurt W. Fischer (born June 9, 1943 in Baltimore , Maryland , USA ; † March 30, 2020 in Belmont , Massachusetts , USA) was an American sociologist and development theorist.

biography

Kurt W. Fischer acquired in 1971 at Harvard University the academic degree Ph.D. in sociology . He taught at the University of Denver and from 1986 to 2015 at Harvard University, where he was the Charles Bigelow Professor of Education and director of the Mind, Brain, and Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School for Education .

His most important contribution to developmental psychology is the Neo-Piagetian theory of "dynamic skill development" ( dynamic skill theory ).

He was founding president of the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society and founding editor of the journal Mind, Brain, and Education .

Fischer died of unknown causes; the suspicion of an infection with the coronavirus , which was rampant in the USA at the time of his death , could not be confirmed as no smears were taken.

Fonts

  • AM Battro, KW Fischer, P. Lena (Eds.): Visual learning and the brain: Lessons from dyslexia. In: Mind, Brain, and Education. Volume 1, No. 3, 2008, pp. 127-137.
  • KW Fischer, MH Immordino-Yang: The fundamental importance of the brain and learning for education. In: Jossey-Bass reader on the brain and learning. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco 2008, p. xvii-xi.
  • D. Coch, G. Dawson, KW Fischer (Eds.): Human behavior, learning, and the developing brain: Atypical development. 2nd Edition. Guilford, New York 2007, ISBN 978-1-59385-137-8 .
  • D. Coch, KW Fischer, G. Dawson (Eds.): Human behavior, learning, and the developing brain: Normal development. 2nd Edition. Guilford, New York 2007, ISBN 978-1-60623-968-1 .
  • KW Fischer, M. Fusaro: Using student interests to motivate learning. In: RP Fink, J. Samuels (Ed.): Inspiring success: Reading interest and motivation in an age of high-stakes testing. International Reading Association, Newark DE 2007, pp. 62-74.
  • KW Fischer, JH Bernstein, MH Immordino-Yang (Eds.): Mind, brain, and education in reading disorders. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK 2007, ISBN 978-1-107-60322-6 .
  • KW Fischer, D. Daniel, MH Immordino-Yang, E. Stern, A. Battro, H. Koizumi: Why Mind, Brain, and Education? Why Now? In: Mind, Brain, and Education. Volume 1, No. 1, 2007, pp. 1-2.
  • KW Fischer, TR Bidell: Dynamic development of action, thought, and emotion. In: RM Lerner (Ed.): Handbook of child psychology. Vol 1: Theoretical models of human development. 6th edition. Wiley, New York 2006, pp. 313-399.
  • MS Schwartz, KW Fischer: Useful metaphors for tackling problems in teaching and learning. In: About Campus. Volume 11, No. 1, 2006, pp. 2-9.
  • KW Fischer: A theory of cognitive development: the control and construction of hierarchies of skills. In: Psychological Review. Volume 87, 1980, pp. 477-531.

literature

  • A. Flammer: Development Theories . Hans Huber, Bern 2003, chap. 10, The theory of skill development according to Kurt W. Fischer.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to other information on September 1, 1943
  2. ↑ https://www.imbes.org/ accessed July 10, 2019.
  3. ↑ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1751228x#pane-01cbe741-499a-4611-874e-1061f1f4679e01 accessed July 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ The Boston Globe: Corona Virus as cause unclear. April 5, 2020, accessed April 5, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Kurt W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist and development theorist
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland , USA
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 2020
Place of death Belmont , Massachusetts