Intelligence, destiny and education : the ideological roots of intelligence testing / John White.
The nature of intelligence and how it can be measured has occupied psychologists, educationalists, biologists and philosophers for hundreds of years. However, there has been little investigation into the rise of the traditional dominant educational ideology that intelligence and IQ have innate limit...
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| Language: | English |
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2006.
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| Summary: | The nature of intelligence and how it can be measured has occupied psychologists, educationalists, biologists and philosophers for hundreds of years. However, there has been little investigation into the rise of the traditional dominant educational ideology that intelligence and IQ have innate limits and are unchanging and unchangeable. This book traces the roots of this mind set back to early puritan communities on both sides of the Atlantic, drawing parallels between puritan dogma and the development of the traditional curricula and selection processes that are still firmly embedded in sc. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (172 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-168) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203029194 9780203029190 9780415368926 0415368928 0415394937 9780415394932 9781134203888 1134203888 9781134203833 1134203837 9781134203871 113420387X 1280506415 9781280506413 9786610506415 6610506418 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |