Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh)
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Found in 259 Collections and/or Records:
Study Groups, c1930s
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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/3/6
Scope and Contents
The lecture outlines the aims and purposes of working in a study group and the expectation that each group would study a subject and present it over the course of a lecture to the remainder of the class. Thomson provides guidelines and suggestions for how this should best be done. He also highlights the benefits subsequent wide reading and knowledge will bring to the students.
Dates:
c1930s
The Aim of Education: - Happiness and Truth, 7 Mar 1942
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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/25
Scope and Contents
In the lecture, Thomson outlines his utilitarian educational creed, which involves the greatest happiness of the greatest number. He makes a moral and ethical case for this, and contrasts and balances it with the concept of truth, as well as the needs of the individual, particularly the cultivation and encouragement of genius and talent. Thomson relates this creed back to educational systems and problems, summarising the sometimes conflicting demands each...
Dates:
7 Mar 1942
The Criterion of the Future Career, c1930s-1940s
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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/11
Scope and Contents
The lecture regards the problems of examinations at university level, particularly with regards to external and internal examiners, and how these can be resolved. Thomson compares the Scottish system to that of the English, paying particular attention to the examination processes for ordinary degrees in which the Scottish student participates in both the Class Certificate system and the wider examination system of the university; and the English system in which there is a meeting...
Dates:
c1930s-1940s
The Discovery of Talent, 1950
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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/32
Scope and Contents
Thomson argues that the talents of the individual should be discovered and encouraged, rather than quashed because they are not intellectual enough. He discusses the uses of examinations and intelligence testing in discovering talent, and the need for tests of non-verbal as well as verbal ability.
The speech is written on the back of minutes from the National Committee for the training of Teachers.
Dates:
1950
The Education of an Englishman, by Sir Godfrey Thomson, Edited by Sir James Duff, Edinburgh: Moray House Publications, 1969
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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/4/15
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes Thomson's autobiography; biographical notes compiled by Thomson; biographical notes compiled by Sir James Duff and Lady Thomson; and obituaries of Thomson.
Dates:
1969
The Extent and Significance of Individual Differences, c1930s-1940s
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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/12
Scope and Contents
Thomson begins by introducing the concept of individual differences in general terms, before moving on to his own topic of intelligence, and discussing the extent of individual intelligence differences. He illustrates the wideness of the intellectual range within the population by reproducing Cyril Burt's table, Distribution of Intelligence among Children and Adults, which contains suggested IQ scores for different levels of schooling and occupational complexity in...
Dates:
c1930s-1940s
"The Factorial Analysis of Human Ability", Godfrey H Thomson, London: University of London Press, 1939
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1/5/1/32
Scope and Contents
The volume is a first edition which has been heavily annotated by Thomson.
Dates:
1939
"The Factorial Analysis of Human Ability", Godfrey H Thomson, London: University of London Press, 1951
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1/5/1/47
Scope and Contents
Both copies contain a small number of annotations. Also includes 1 page of handwritten notes, including a table for insertion in the next edition (which was never published).
Dates:
1951
The Food of the Gods, 27 November 1925
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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/3
Scope and Contents
Thomson begins by emphasising the vital role that school education plays in civilised society. He takes the title of his talk from the H G Wells novel, to which he makes reference. The food of the gods he alludes to is both science and art, and he stresses the importance of both to a balanced civilisation where the two are united by the mastery of language.Thomson praises the school for the opportunities it provides for its pupils and the benefits in...
Dates:
27 November 1925
The Function of Education in the Biological Record, 16 Feb 1930
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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/15
Scope and Contents
Thomson parallels and compares competition in the natural world, where the weakest are eliminated and education through play prepares the individual for their environment, with that in the human world, where co-operation protects the unfit and education contributes to a differential birth rate.He discusses possible reasons for the connection between intelligence, education, and family size, exploring whether this phenomenon is due to genetics, environment, or both. He refers to...
Dates:
16 Feb 1930
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