| Description |
xiii, 165 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Continuum studies in education |
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Continuum studies in education.
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| Contents |
Introduction : nature versus nurture -- The 'threat' of mass education --The origins of the eugenics movement -- Eugenics and the intellectuals -- IQ and eleven-plus selection -- Intelligence testing challenged -- The new preoccupation with intelligence and 'race' -- The durability of eugenic theories -- Conclusion: Prospects for the future |
| 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 futile and depressing. Yet it can surely be argued that at least with regard to the development of abilities, the 'nature' versus 'nurture ' debate has had dire consequences for the education of millions of young people. Furthermore, we need to question why this debate has been pursued with such vigour in both Britain and America |
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This book is a study into the way in which a belief in genetic determinism in the area of human intellectual capacity grew out of a set of ideas about sustaining the quality of the human race - broadly covered by the term 'eugenics' - and how this then went on profoundly to influence the structure of the British educational system."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliograpical references (page [143-152) and index |
| Subject |
Eugenics -- Great Britain -- History.
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Eugenics -- United States -- History.
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Intelligence tests -- Great Britain -- History.
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Intelligence tests -- United States -- History.
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Classism -- Great Britain -- History.
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Racism -- United States -- History.
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Education -- Great Britain.
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Nature and nurture.
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| LC no. |
2007017765 |
| ISBN |
9780826489807 hardcover |
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082648980X hardcover |
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