Adrian Wooldridge

Measuring the Mind

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes the history of educational psychology from 1860 to 1990, focusing on a group of psychologists who dominated educational policy-making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 894g
• ISBN-13: 9780521395151
• ISBN-10: 0521395151
• Artikelnr.: 29337164

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Studying childhood
3. The invention of educational psychology
4. Cyril Burt and the psychology of individual differences
5. Susan Isaacs and the psychology of child development
6. The structure and status of a profession
7. Mental measurement and the meritocratic ideal
8. The psychometric perspective
9. Psychologists as policy-makers, 1924-44
10. The measurement of merit anatomised
11. Equality and community versus merit
12. Egalitarianism triumphant
13. Cyril Burt and the politics of an academic reputation
14. Equality and human nature
15. The measurement of merit revived
16. Conclusion
Glossary
Selective bibliography
Index.