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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      11 March 2010
      10 November 1994
      ISBN:
      9780511659997
      9780521395151
      9780521026185
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511659997
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.786kg, 460 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.68kg, 460 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Ideas, British History after 1450, History, Politics and International Relations
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    History of Ideas, British History after 1450, History, Politics and International Relations
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    The central claim of Measuring the Mind is that, contrary to popular opinion, the psychologists who dominated educational policy-making between the wars were educational progressives and political radicals. They argued that education should reflect the requirements of children rather than the convenience of adults, and regarded intelligence testing as an instrument of child-centred education. These psychologists owed their political inspiration to the meritocratic ideal and lost popularity with the waning of this ideal after the war. Four main themes dominate the discussion: the emergence of educational psychology as a distinct discipline; the recent history of ideas about children's mental development; the role of experts in formulating educational policy; and the rise and fall of the measurement of merit.

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    ‘… a gem of a book … has the mark of real intellectual distinction …’.

    Source: Nature

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