Friday 19 October 2012

BIOGRAFI ALBERT BANDURA (TOKOH PSIKOLOGI PENDIDIKAN)


Albert Bandura lahir pada tanggal 4 Desember 1925,di kota kecil Mundare bagian selatan Alberta, Kanada. Dia sekolah di sekolah dasar dan sekolah menengah yang sederhana, namun dengan hasil rata-rata yang sangat memuaskan. Setelah selesai SMA, dia bekerja pada perusahaan penggalian jalan raya Alaska Highway di Yukon.
Dia menerima gelar sarjana muda di bidang psikologi dari University of British of Columbia tahun 1949. Kemudian dia masuk University of Iowa, tempat di mana dia meraih gelar Ph.D tahun 1952. Baru setelah itu dia menjadi sangat berpengaruh dalam tradisi behavioris dan teori pembelajaran.
Waktu dia Iowa, dia bertemu dengan Virginia Varns, seorang instruktur sekolah perawat. Mereka kemudian menikah dan dikaruniai dua orang puteri. Setelah lulus, dia menerukan pendidikannya ke tingkat post-doktoral di Wichita Guidance Center di Wichita, Kansas.
Tahun 1953, dia mulai mengajar di Standford University. Di sini, dia kemudian bekerja sama dengan salah seorang anak didiknya, Richard Walters. Buku pertama hasil kerja sama mereka berjudul Adolescent Aggression terbit tahun 1959. Sayangnya, Walters mati muda karena kecelakaan sepeda motor.
Bandura menjadi presiden APA tahun 1973, dan menerima APA Award atas jasa-jasanya dalam Distinguished Scientific Contributions tahun 1980.
[Dikutip dari buku Personality Theories: An Introduction oleh Dr. C. George Boeree dari Psychology Department Shippensburg University pada tahun 1997]

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