In a recent exam expert give Pestalozzi is the right option against a question asked about the father of educational psychology. Is it correct?
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Answer:
Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning.
Explanation:
The field of educational psychology relies heavily on quantitative methods, including testing and measurement, to enhance educational activities related to instructional design, classroom management, and assessment.
Chronologically experiments and research based studies were done by the following:
- Plato and Aristotle
- Johann Pestalozzi
- Johann Herbart
- Edward Thorn dike
As Johann Pestalozzi chronologically dated first to conduct his research he is usually the answer(Therefore answer may be any one of them actually but considering dates )
And many others ..............so the answers would depend on the particular experiment,data analysis,and time of research.A search on google will also reveal a similar confusion on who exactly is the father of educational psychology as various searches attributes on various of these great men on the basis of their of their phenomenal findings