Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh)
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Small list regarding publications and notes, c1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/3/2/1
Scope and Contents
The list relates to the contents of Thomson's notes, with additional lists of articles and works by authors including R A Fisher, P V Sukhatme, L F Richardson, and Cyril Burt
Dates:
c1930s
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson
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Unpublished materials authored by Thomson
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Notes taken by Thomson regarding various publications and subjects including education, statistics, and mathematics
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Compiled notes on mathematics and statistics
Small photograph album documenting the Thomson family's trip to Italy, 1920
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/2/5
Scope and Contents
Most photographs depict scenery and local people, with some photographs of Thomson, Hector, Lady Thomson, and companions.
Dates:
1920
Some National Problems of Today: Education, 18 Jan 1930
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/14
Scope and Contents
Thomson outlines some current problems in education, the most pressing of these arising from the raising of the school leaving age to 15. He briefly alludes to how the practical problems of the supply of specialist teachers and of buildings could meet the increased demand, before outlining his opinion on what secondary education should entail. He highlights the need for both vocational and cultural education in schools to ensure pupils of all abilities are prepared for the working world,...
Dates:
18 Jan 1930
Statistical Methods in Educational and Psychological Problems, 1 Mar 1929
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/9
Scope and Contents
The lecture was delivered to a wide audience, and is designed to be understood by non-statisticians, and non-educators. In it, Thomson explores the uses and limitations of statistics in both education and psychology, illustrating his points with examples of how an educator might effectively predict a child's performance and offer vocational guidance appropriate to their ability and intelligence. Thomson discusses the importance of obtaining a representative sample and the effect...
Dates:
1 Mar 1929
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
File
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
File
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
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