Walter Edelmann

Walter Edelmann (* August 1935 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German psychologist who specializes in learning psychology .

Life

Edelmann was a teacher in Worms and Mainz and obtained his diploma in psychology at the University of Mainz in 1967 . In 1971 he received his doctorate from RWTH Aachen University , and then worked as a research assistant and lecturer at the PH Rheinland . After completing his habilitation , he became a professor at the TU Braunschweig in 1974 and there in 1989/91 dean of the educational science department before he retired in 2001 .

In addition to university research, Edelmann worked as an appraiser for “ Lebenshilfe for the disabled child ” and as a psychological expert at the Aachen Regional Court.

Works

• with Simone Wittmann : Learning Psychology: With online materials . Beltz, 8th edition, 2019 ISBN 978-3621286015
• Suggestopedia and Superlearning. Suggestopedic learning methods put to the test , 7th edition, Ansanger, Heidelberg 2007 (first 1988)
• Developmental Psychology: An Introductory Workbook . Kösel, 1980
• Introduction to Learning Psychology, Volume 3 . Kösel, 1979
• Learning to write: experimental investigations into the psychomotor skills of learning to write and the question of writing materials in primary school . Schwann, 1972
• Experimental and apparatus-based investigations into the psychomotor skills of learning to write and the interrelationships between writing development, writing material and typeface in primary school . RWTH Aachen (dissertation)