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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. An unexplained theory of intelligence
Two shapers of an educational system
Robert Morant
Cyril Burt
Burt, Galton and intelligence
The oddness of the Galtonian conception of intelligence
Intelligence as intellectual
Intelligence as general
Intelligence as innate
Intelligence as limited
How did Galtons conception come about? His eugenic project
Burt takes up Galtons baton
The Galtonian project in the USA
H.H.Goddard
Lewis Terman
The intelligibility gap: why Galtonianism?
Why the emphasis on abstract thinking?
Why the preoccupation with examinations and tests of ability?
Why the polarised interest in extremely high and extremely low ability?
Why the grandiosity?
Why does the trail stop in 1865?
Conclusion
2. Parallels
Intelligence and predestination
Puritanism in Britain and America
Britain
America
Parallels
Predestination
Heredity and innateness
Salvation and damnation
The work ethic
Vocation
Family, equality and equality of opportunity
Education
Race
Gender
Conclusion
3. Origins
Francis Galton
Cyril Burt
Other British psychologists
US psychologists of intelligence: Goddard and Terman
Other American psychologists
More recent psychologists in Britain and USA
Pastores thesis and the question of counterexamples
Jean Piaget
Robert Morant
Conclusion
4. Logic and mind
Intelligence as abstractintellectual ability
Where did Galtonianism come from?
Ramist logic and the Puritan mind
Logic in the Dissenting Academies
Pneumatology in the Dissenting Academies
Logic and mind in Scotland
Logic and Mind in America
Back to Galton
Conclusion
5. Knowledge and the curriculum
The Dissenting Academies and the roots of the traditional academic curriculum
Ramus and the Puritan curriculum
Doubts about the role of the Dissenting Academies
The Puritan curriculum in Scotland
The story through to 1988
The traditional academic curriculum today
Timetabling
Examinations
John Dewey and the traditional curriculum
Conclusion
6. Contemporary perspectives
Dissent in politics
Intelligence and education
The Gifted and Talented
The school curriculum today
Success in life
Personal fulfilment
Conclusion
Conclusion
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