1st Edition

Reconstructing Educational Psychology

200 Pages

by Routledge

200 Pages

by Routledge

200 Pages

by Routledge

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First published in 1978, Reconstructing Educational Psychology presents a new look at topics of central social concern such as children’s rights, the community approach to children’s problems, the inutility of traditional concepts of intelligence and personality, the interactionist approach to the concept of ‘deviant’ behaviour and the invalidity of psychiatric concepts of ‘maladjustment’. New... Read more

Prefatory note Foreword Jack Tizard 1. Directions of Change Bill Gillham 2. The Historical Development of School Psychological Services Tony Dessent 3. Personal View: Three Interviews Tony Dessent 4. Medical and Psychological Concepts of Problem Behaviour Michael Roe 5. Deviance: The Interactionist Approach David Hargreaves 6. The Failure of Psychometrics Bill Gillham 7. Community Psychology David Loxley 8. Schools’ Systems Analysis: A Project-Centred Approach Robert Burden 9. Your Service: Whose Advantage Frank Carter 10. The Psychologist’s Professionalism and the Right to Psychology Andrew Sutton 11. The Process of Reconstruction: An Overview Gervase Leyden References Contributors Index