Moray House College of Education (1959-1991)
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Article entitled "‘A Froebel trained “Scot” from Edinburgh’: Miss Isabel Little (1876-1937)." by Dr Helen May, 2020
Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0110
Scope and Contents
This paper is a part of a publication on Scots in New Zealand and relates the life of Isabel Little, a "Froebel trained Scot from Edinburgh" who studied at the Free Church Training College, Moray House and who emigrated to New Zealand in 1912. The paper was written by Dr Helen May, Emeritus Professor at the University of Otago, and was prepared for The International Froebel Society (IFS) conference planned in Edinburgh for June 2020. The conference was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Dates:
2020
Collection of recordings (78rpm) of a lecture given by Sir Godfrey Thomson in 1950
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1448
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of 5 (lacquer) acetate 78 rpm records containing a recording of a lecture on University teaching given by Godfrey H. Thomson in 1950.
Dates:
1950
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research, 1896-1979
Sub-subfonds
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1
Scope and Contents
Material regarding the Moray House Tests, c1920s-1970s;
Northumberland Mental Tests, c1920s;
Sample tests, 1920-1987;
Testing Samples, United States, c1920s-1950s;
Publications, 1896-c1978;
Godfrey Thomson, c1930s-1947;
Correspondence...
Dates:
1896-1979
Material collected by Elsie G. Taylor
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1446
Scope and Contents
Taylor's University of Edinburgh, B.Ed. degree graduation hood, 1948;
First Class Certificate of Merit awarded to Elsie G. Taylor for her performance in Advanced Theory and History of Education, signed by Professor Godfrey Thomson, 1948;
Sketch diagram of Room 70 showing positioning of staff and desks (collected by Professor Ian Deary during the Economic...
Dates:
1947-2007
Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1310
Scope and Contents
Biographical and personal papers, c mid 19th century-1972;
Publications authored and co-authored by Thomson, 1904-1954;
Unpublished materials by Thomson, 1897-1954;
Publications collected by Thomson regarding education, intelligence, psychology, and statistics, 1879-1971
Unpublished material collected by Thomson and authored by others, c mid 20th...
Dates:
c1890s-1978
The School as a Social Influence: Two Practical Examples, 1930
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/13
Scope and Contents
The lecture explores how schools could, and should, benefit the whole community by giving pupils a happy, clean environment which serves as a model for what the home should be, and by giving them the knowledge and skills in order to work towards solving practical and social problems in their communities. He illustrates this point with detailed descriptions of the Rachel MacMillan Nursery School in Deptford, London, and the Training School for Village Teachers at Chapra, Bengal....
Dates:
1930
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