History of Ideas on Education and Therapy: The Relationship between Education, Psychology and Psychiatry at the Turn of the Century

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26885106
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Seian University of Art and Design
• Principal Investigator: SHIBUYA Ryo 成安造形大学, 芸術学部, 講師 (10736127)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ジークムント・フロイト / 精神分析 / アルフレッド・ビネー / 治療と教育 / 心理学史 / 教育思想史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to reconsider the relationship between education, psychology, and psychiatry, this study investigates some theories and practices of Freud and his contemporaries from historical perspective. At the end of the 19th century, a kind of psychology and psychiatry concerning children began to grow. Firstly, I understand these scientific attempts as "the science of children," which associates therapy with education. Secondly, I compare the attempt of Freud with that of Alfred Binet, who developed the intelligence test. In this way, I discuss some characteristics of “the science of children," and then demonstrate the possibility of Freud's thought that cannot be explained by "the science of children."

Free Research Field

教育思想史