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Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh)

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Schulaufbau und Lehrerbildung in England und Schottland [Educational structure and teacher education in England and Scotland], 1933

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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/22
Scope and Contents

Contains Thomson's typed and handwritten notes, and the final published transcript of the lecture.


The lecture compares the English and Scottish education systems both to each other and to the German system. Thomson discusses private and public schools; examinations; the eleven plus; grammar and modern education; religious schools; and methods of teaching, such as the Dalton Plan.

Dates: 1933

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  • Subject: Kassel Germany X