Education
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Lecture regarding examinations, 23 Nov 1949
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/31
Scope and Contents
In the lecture, Thomson defends the use of examinations, arguing that they are preferable to nepotism. In addition, he identifies the problems of examinations, and how these may or have been resolved, including those of reliability and continuity of standards. Thomson discusses the merits of internal versus external examination, giving examples from Scotland, England and Germany, and referencing some of his own experience both as a member of a School Certificate Examination...
Dates:
23 Nov 1949
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Unpublished materials by Thomson, 1897-1954;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Unpublished material collected by Thomson and authored by others, c mid 20th...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
Papers of Professor Walter Ledermann
Fonds — Box CLX-A-667
Identifier: Coll-1064
Scope and Contents
The collection largely consists of letters from Godfrey Thomson to Ledermann. Many are highly mathematical in content, containing formulae and mathematical notation, though they also regard social events and contain enquiries from Thomson with regards to the safety of Ledermann's family throughout the war.
Dates:
1937-1954
Propaganda, c1930s
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/3/4
Scope and Contents
The lecture regards the problem of propaganda in school. Thomson defines what he sees as propaganda and its methods, and discusses whether teachers, who have an advantage over their less mature students, can avoid propaganda, and if so, how. He gives a few examples of controversial subjects that should or should not be covered in school. The lecture is on the one side of the manuscript, with the other containing a typescript of an incomplete poem regarding education and scholarship...
Dates:
c1930s
Quiller Couch, 24 June 1927
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/5
Scope and Contents
The notes would suggest the lecture was very similar in content to The Food of the Gods, with the addition of an Arthur Quiller Couch quotation at the beginning.
Dates:
24 June 1927
Scholarship, Culture, and Vocation: educational Ideals at home and abroad, 31 Jan 1930
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/3/1
Scope and Contents
The address discusses the apparent schism between scholarship, culture, and vocation, with Thomson making the case that a good education needs to contain aspects of all three in order to produce a whole individual. He illustrates his points with examples of education from around the world. In relation to this, Thomson discusses the project method, which involves students working together using individual skills, the ...
Dates:
31 Jan 1930
Schulaufbau und Lehrerbildung in England und Schottland [Educational structure and teacher education in England and Scotland], 1933
File
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
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
The Aim of Education: - Happiness and Truth, 7 Mar 1942
File
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