Title: Measuring the mind : psychological theory and educational controversy in England, c. 1860-c. 1990 /
Authors: Wooldridge, Adrian.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Burt, Cyril,; Educational tests and measurements England History.; Educational psychology; Education Social aspects England History.; Education Political aspects England History.; Psychology, Educational history; Aptitude Tests history; Education politics.
Contents: 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, 1924-1944 -- 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.