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PL - Papers of Bridget Horatia Plowden (1910- 2000)
- 2 - Plowden Committee - Working Party 1

StorageSite	UCL Institute of Education
Level	File
Reference Number	PL/2/2
Title	Plowden Committee - Working Party 1 Papers 1-20
Date	1963-1964
Description	Comprises papers considered by Working Party 1: - Maladjustment and the teacher (paper 1) - copy of a paper on 'early adoloscence' and 'position in the family' taken from 'the home and the school' - paper on the scope of the work of the working party (paper 2) - Information on the physical health, height and weight of pupils including: 'report on the height and weights (and other measurements) of school pupils in the County of London in 1959'; notes on the relationship between height and test scores at the ages of 8, 11 and 15 years; information on the link between puberty and the father's occupation, and between puberty and family size - Data on the onset of puberty (paper 3) - 'Present knowledge of perception' (paper 4) - 'The constancy of IQ' (paper 5) - Copies of 'the influence of early puberty on test performance at the age of eleven' by J D Nisbet and R Illesley and 'Height in relation to puberty, family size and social class - a longitudinal study' by J W B Douglas and H R Simpson (paper 6) - note by Professor Stephen Wiseman on the 'constancy of the IQ' - taken from Professor Wiseman's research on the study of 14 year old pupils in Manchester and Salford (paper 7) - Paper on primary school education (paper 8) - Copy of the questionnaire send to local education authorities on the transfer within and from primary schools (paper 9) - Notes by Miss R Foster HMI and Mr H Sager HMI on physical education (paper 10) - 'The educational significance of puberty: draft statement' (paper 11) - 'Piaget and the development of children's thought' by Nathan Isaacs (paper 13) - 'The educational significance of puberty: draft statement second draft'; paper from Devon County Council on 'early maturing' (paper 14) - 'The intelligent school failure' by E M Bartlett; 'puberty and emotional development (paper 15) - Emotional development in relation to the onset of puberty: 'puberty and the emotional development of children and in relation to the transition to secondary education' by W Warren; 'the effects of puberty on the emotional development of children with especial reference to educational organisation and teaching practice' and chapter 'discovery of the self' from 'Journey Through Adolescence' (Paper 16) - 'Brain growth and the growth of perception' and 'the development of brain function in relation to learning and teaching' by Dr Grey-Walker and 'physiological developments of the brain' (Paper 16) - 'The Constancy of IQ' (paper 17) paper prepared by G F Peaker HMI - 'Sensory motor skill and the pace of experience and practice in learning (paper 18) - First draft of a paper on the growth and development of children aged 3 to 9 (Paper 19) - prepared for potential inclusion in the interim report for Council and as information for the other working parties - Draft outline of their interim report to the Council (Paper 20)
Extent	1 folder
AccessStatus	Open

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