Albert Bazala on Psychological Experiment and Instruction that Leads Up to Indepedent Thinking

Članak A. Bazale »Psihologički eksperiment u nauci i u obuci« (1906) zanimljiv je za povijest psihologijskih ideja u nas početkom stoljeća, ali posebno po stavu koji se tiče nastave: eksperiment je potreban ne samo u znanosti nego i u obuci. Isključivo predavačka obuka rijetko, naime, potiče na istraživanje i ogledanje: ona podaje gotovu stvar, pa od učenika čini pasivnog slušača. Eksperiment, međutim, potiče aktivno sudjelovanje učenika, štoviše on »privodi do samostalna mišljenja«.A. Bazala\u27sartic1e »Psychological Experiment in Science and Instruction« (1906) is of interest to ,the historians of psychological ideas in our country, particularly for its thesis about the instruction: the experiment is necessary not only in the science\u27 hut also in the ins1ruotion. The instruction which exclusively consists in lecturing hardly encourages the students in research and experimenting, for in this case the instructor only hands over completed knowledge and makes the student a .passive listener. The experiment, however, animates the active participation of students. Moreover, it leads them up to the independent thinking