Angela Browne-Miller

Intelligence Policy (eBook, PDF)

Its Impact on College Admissions and Other Social Policies

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The author examines the numerous facets of 'implicit intelligence policies'those unspoken directives that often profoundly influence social and educational policies-and their impact on policies regarding measured and actual mental ability.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 255
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461518655
• Artikelnr.: 43983025

Inhaltsangabe

The Bell Tolls. The Demand for and Assessment of Mental Ability: The Supply of and Demand for Intelligence. The Juxtaposition of Individual and Institutional Assessment. Mapping Social Policy against a Theoretical Backdrop: Academic Merit versus Fair Representation: A Case Study of Undergraduate Admissions Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. Mapping Admissions and Other Social Policy against a Philosophical Backdrop. Intelligence versus Higher Education as a Determinant of Worldly Success: The Sociopolitical Perspective. Academic Aptitude versus Achievement: Scientific Interpretations of Intelligence. Rationalist versus Empiricist Views: The Philosophical Backdrop on the Learnability of Intelligence. The Illusory Faces of Implicit Intelligence Policy. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit Policy: The Potential Value of Impact Analysis on Intelligence Policy. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit University Admissions Policy. Recommendations and Conclusions: Toward a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy. From Here to a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy. Appendixes. Index.

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1. The Bell Tolls.- Specific Objectives.- Definitions and Structure.- I. The Demand for and Assessment of Mental Ability.- 2. The Supply of and Demand for Intelligence.- 3. The Juxtaposition of Individual and Institutional Assessment.- II. Mapping Social Policy Against a Theoretical Backdrop.- 4. Mapping Admissions and Other Social Policy against a Philosophical Backdrop.- 5. Academic Merit versus Fair Representation: A Case Study of the Undergraduate Admissions Policy at the University of California at Berkeley.- 6. Intelligence versus Higher Education as a Determinant of Worldly Success: The Sociopolitical Perspective.- 7. Academic Aptitude versus Achievement: Scientific Interpretations of Intelligence.- 8. Rationalist versus Empiricist Views: The Philosophical Backdrop on the Learnability of Intelligence.- 9. The Illusory Faces of Implicit Intelligence Policy.- III. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit Policy.- 10. The Potential Value of Impact Analysis on Intelligence Policy.- 11. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit University Admissions Policy.- 12. Recommendations and Conclusions: Toward a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy.- 13. From Here to a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy.- Appendixes.- A. Relevant Models of Impact Analysis.- B. Adaptation of Impact Analysis to Intelligence Policy Analysis.- C. Relevant Documents.- Notes.- About the Author.

Rezensionen

`If anyone is to lead us out of the mire of false premises and hidden agendas about how we gauge each other, it's likely to be Angela Brown-Miller.'
from the Foreword by Kenneth S. Norris, University of California at Santa Cruz

`If anyone is to lead us out of the mire of false premises and hidden agendas about how we gauge each other, it's likely to be Angela Brown-Miller.'
from the Foreword by Kenneth S. Norris, University of California at Santa Cruz