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David Ausubel
David Paul Ausubel (October 25, 1918 – July 9, 2008) was an American psychologist. His most significant contribution to the fields of educational psychology, cognitive science, and science education learning was on the development and research on "advance organizers" (see below) since 1960.
He was born on October 25, 1918, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He was nephew of the Jewish historian Nathan Ausubel. Ausubel and his wife Pearl had two children.
Ausubel studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with honors in 1939, receiving a bachelor's degree majoring in psychology. Ausubel later graduated from medical school in 1943 at Middlesex University where he went on to complete a rotating internship at Gouverneur Hospital, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York. Ausubel earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Columbia University in 1950,. He served with the US Public Health service, worked in Germany after World War Two in the medical treatment of displaced persons and as a psychiatrist in Veterans Administration hospitals.
In 1957 he won a Fulbright Research Grant to study in New Zealand. During that period his most noteworthy publication was The Fern and the Tiki, in which he made several controversial claims that Māori people were discriminated against in the country.
Ausubel continued to hold a series of professorships at several schools of education, including University of Illinois (1950-1966), University of Toronto (1966-1968) and the City University of New York, where he stayed until his retirement.
In 1973, Ausubel retired from academic life and devoted himself to his psychiatric practice. During his psychiatric practice, Ausubel published many books as well as articles in psychiatric and psychological journals. In 1976, he received the Thorndike Award from the American Psychological Association for "Distinguished Psychological Contributions to Education".
In 1994, at the age of 75, Ausubel retired from professional life to devote himself full-time to writing. He then published four books:
Ausubel was influenced by the teachings of Jean Piaget. Similar to Piaget's ideas of conceptual schemes, Ausubel related this to his explanation of how people acquire knowledge. "David Ausubel theorized that people acquire knowledge primarily by being exposed directly to it rather than through discovery" (Woolfolk et al., 2010, p. 288) In other words, Ausubel believed that an understanding of concepts, principles, and ideas is achieved through deductive reasoning.
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David Ausubel
David Paul Ausubel (October 25, 1918 – July 9, 2008) was an American psychologist. His most significant contribution to the fields of educational psychology, cognitive science, and science education learning was on the development and research on "advance organizers" (see below) since 1960.
He was born on October 25, 1918, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He was nephew of the Jewish historian Nathan Ausubel. Ausubel and his wife Pearl had two children.
Ausubel studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with honors in 1939, receiving a bachelor's degree majoring in psychology. Ausubel later graduated from medical school in 1943 at Middlesex University where he went on to complete a rotating internship at Gouverneur Hospital, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York. Ausubel earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Columbia University in 1950,. He served with the US Public Health service, worked in Germany after World War Two in the medical treatment of displaced persons and as a psychiatrist in Veterans Administration hospitals.
In 1957 he won a Fulbright Research Grant to study in New Zealand. During that period his most noteworthy publication was The Fern and the Tiki, in which he made several controversial claims that Māori people were discriminated against in the country.
Ausubel continued to hold a series of professorships at several schools of education, including University of Illinois (1950-1966), University of Toronto (1966-1968) and the City University of New York, where he stayed until his retirement.
In 1973, Ausubel retired from academic life and devoted himself to his psychiatric practice. During his psychiatric practice, Ausubel published many books as well as articles in psychiatric and psychological journals. In 1976, he received the Thorndike Award from the American Psychological Association for "Distinguished Psychological Contributions to Education".
In 1994, at the age of 75, Ausubel retired from professional life to devote himself full-time to writing. He then published four books:
Ausubel was influenced by the teachings of Jean Piaget. Similar to Piaget's ideas of conceptual schemes, Ausubel related this to his explanation of how people acquire knowledge. "David Ausubel theorized that people acquire knowledge primarily by being exposed directly to it rather than through discovery" (Woolfolk et al., 2010, p. 288) In other words, Ausubel believed that an understanding of concepts, principles, and ideas is achieved through deductive reasoning.