Eugenics, Race and Intelligence in Education
For over a hundred years, psychologists and human biologists have been engaged in an often heated debate as to whether 'heredity' or 'environment' should be viewed as the determining factor in the creation of the human personality. For teachers and educationists, the discussion h...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Publishing
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798292906719 |
| Sumario: | For over a hundred years, psychologists and human biologists have been engaged in an often heated debate as to whether 'heredity' or 'environment' should be viewed as the determining factor in the creation of the human personality. For teachers and educationists, the discussion has tended to focus on how the human mind functions and intellectual powers develop. The controversy is often simply expressed in terms of 'nature' versus 'nurture,' with some scientists declaring that human beings are a product of a transaction between the two. To many, such enquiry and speculation is little more than |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (182 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781283202374 9786613202376 9781441104144 |
