Mentally Defective Children (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Alfred Binet

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330916026 ISBN 13 : 9781330916025

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Embark on a thought-provoking journey into the early 20th century landscape of social reform and scientific inquiry. This book delves into the pressing issues of the time, particularly the burgeoning interest in understanding and educating mentally defective children. The author meticulously examines the characteristics and challenges posed by these children, who were deemed unfit for traditional schools yet not severe enough for asylum care. Set against a backdrop of evolving societal attitudes and a growing recognition of the need for scientific approaches to social problems, this book offers a pioneering exploration of mental deficiency and instability in children. It delves into the psychological and pedagogical aspects of identifying and classifying these children, emphasizing the importance of individualized education tailored to their unique aptitudes and limitations. With meticulous detail, the author presents observations and insights gleaned from questionnaires and direct interactions with defective children, shedding light on their strengths in sensory, motor, and practical skills while acknowledging their weaknesses in areas like composition. This book challenges conventional educational practices and advocates for specialized instruction that nurtures the potential of each child, fostering their social utility and integration into society. Ultimately, this book's enduring significance lies in its call for a paradigm shift in educational thought and practice, urging educators to embrace scientific methods and a deeper understanding of individual differences to unlock the potential within every child, regardless of their challenges.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Binet-S imon tests of childrens intelligence have been the subject of much discussion during the past few years, both in this country and in A merica. Much of this discussion seems to have been carried on, at times, without any knowledge of the original aim or purpose for which these tests were devised, and as if, so to speak, they were invented as a means for ascertaining the relative intellectual powers of all children, and so of affording to the teacher a ready and sure means of accurately classifying and grading the children under his charge. As a consequence, there is a tendency, in some quarters, to search for and to endeavour to establish some absolute standard or criterion of intelligence which shall be valid, irrespective of the nationality, or the class, or the particular environment of the child. It is hoped that the publication in translation of the work of Binet and Simon in which these tests first appeared, along with the complete series of tests as extended and revised during the lifetime of the former, will tend to remove this twofold misapprehension, and make the educationalist, as well as the wider public interested in social questions, acquainted with the real purpose which underlay the devisal or invention of the tests, and so enable all to perceive that their relative value, as measuring stages of intelligence, must be judged by the purpose for which they were devised.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330916026
• ISBN 13: 9781330916025
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 182
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