Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Meumann (29 August 1862,
Uerdingen
Uerdingen () is a district of the city of Krefeld, Germany, with a population of 17,888 (2019). Originally a separate city in its own right, Uerdingen merged with the city of Krefeld in 1929. Today, Uerdingen is best known for a local distillery ...
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Krefeld
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– 26 April 1915,
Hamburg
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German Empire) was a German educator,
pedagogist
Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken a ...
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psychologist, the co-founder of
experimental pedagogy (the other is
Wilhelm August Lay).
[Stoerring, G]
"Ernst Meumann 1862–1915"
''The American Journal of Psychology'' 34, no. 2 (1923): 271–74.
Works
*''Die Sprache des Kindes'' (1903)
*''Über Ökonomie und Technik des Lernens'' (1903)
*''Der Verzug des Schuldners nach dem Recht des BGB für das Deutsche Reich'' (1907, 1911)
*''Intelligenz und Wille.'' (1908, 1913, 1920, 1925)
*''Ökonomie und Technik des Gedächtnisses'' (1908)
*''Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die experimentelle Pädagogik'' (1907, 1912, 1920)
*''System der Ästhetik'' (1914)
*''Abriss der experimentellen Pädagogik'' (1914)
*''The psychology of learning: an experimental investigation of the economy and technique of memory''. 2012, Nabu press. ISBN 9781279520284
See also
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Pedagogy
Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...
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Education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...
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Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...
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1862 births
1915 deaths
German educational theorists
People from Krefeld