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Eugenics, Race and Intelligence in Education.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chitty, Clyde.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Classism--Great Britain--History.
- Education--Great Britain.
- Eugenics--Great Britain--History.
- Eugenics--United States--History.
- Intelligence tests--Great Britain--History.
- Intelligence tests--United States--History.
- Nature and nurture.
- Racism--United States--History.
- Educational psychology--Great Britain.
- Educational psychology.
- Eugenics--United States.
- Eugenics.
- Intellect.
- Ability in children.
- Education and state.
- Education.
- Local Subjects:
- Classism--Great Britain--History.
- Education--Great Britain.
- Eugenics--Great Britain--History.
- Eugenics--United States--History.
- Intelligence tests--Great Britain--History.
- Intelligence tests--United States--History.
- Nature and nurture.
- Racism--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (182 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Continuum International Publishing, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- For over a hundred years, psychologists and human biologists have been engaged in an often heated debate as to whether 'heredity' or 'environment' should be viewed as the determining factor in the creation of the human personality. For teachers and educationists, the discussion has tended to focus on how the human mind functions and intellectual powers develop. The controversy is often simply expressed in terms of 'nature' versus 'nurture,' with some scientists declaring that human beings are a product of a transaction between the two. To many, such enquiry and speculation is little more than
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface to the New Edition; Foreword; The Structure of the Book; Introduction: Nature versus Nurture; Chapter 1 The 'Threat' of Mass Education; Chapter 2 The Origins of the Eugenics Movement; Chapter 3 Eugenics and the Intellectuals; Chapter 4 IQ and Eleven-Plus Selection; Chapter 5 Intelligence Testing Challenged; Chapter 6 The New Preoccupation with Intelligence and 'Race'; Chapter 7 The Durability of Eugenic Theories; Conclusion: Prospects for the Future; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613202376
- 9781283202374
- 1283202379
- 9781441104144
- 1441104143
- OCLC:
- 741691231
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