Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-168) and index.
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An unexplained theory of intelligence -- Parallels -- Origins -- Logic and mind -- Knowledge and the curriculum -- Contemporary perspectives.
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The nature of intelligence and how it can be measured has occupied psychologists, educationalists, biologists and philosophers for hundreds of years. However, there has been little investigation into the rise of the traditional dominant educational ideology that intelligence and IQ have innate limits and are unchanging and unchangeable. This book traces the roots of this mind set back to early puritan communities on both sides of the Atlantic, drawing parallels between puritan dogma and the development of the traditional curricula and selection processes that are still firmly embedded in sc.