Educational Institute of Scotland (1847-:)
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Diploma conferring Thomson an Honorary Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland, 17 Jan 1947
Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/3/7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes certificates from the University of Durham, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Swedish Psychological society.
Also includes a testimonial from Professor Karl Ferdinand Braun, which Thomson retained with his certificates.
Dates:
17 Jan 1947
Education as a National Problem of Today, 10 January 1931
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/18
Scope and Contents
This lecture is essentially the same in content as lecture titled Some National Problems of Today: Education, with a shortened introduction.
Dates:
10 January 1931
Research in Education, 19 Jan 1929
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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/8
Scope and Contents
Thomson outlines the problems and difficulties in Educational research, and how these can be resolved. These include the difficulty of selecting a representative group (the selection fallacy) and the importance of using suitable control groups in experimental work. Thomson also discusses the difficulty of co-operation with schools, particularly state or public schools, and the need for resources to be dedicated to research. He expounds upon the usefulness...
Dates:
19 Jan 1929
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