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| AdminHistory | The project was funded by UNESCO and the National Council of Christians and Jews. The research was carried out by two psychologists, Theodora Alcock and Dr Pierre Turquet of the Tavistock Institute, between 1948 and 1950 (See WEF/A/IV/242-245). Alcock and Turquet met with small groups of teachers and psychoanalysed the results. The report, 'Some Attitudes of Teachers', was completed and submitted to UNESCO in Jul 1952 (See WEF/IV/245), but was never published. In 1954 the NEF set up a small ad-hoc committee, headed by Professor John Tibble, to assess how the report needed to be changed so it was suitable to be published (see WEF/A/IV/245). The report was sent to various education bodies and schools, including the Child Development Department of the Institute of Education, to canvas their opinions on the research (see WEF/A/IV/245, 255). It was felt that the general attitude of the report had to be changed and a larger sample of opinions needed to be gathered. The committee collected accounts from 200 teachers from different types of schools and varying abilities on their feeling of satisfaction about their job and general feelings about the teaching profession to help rewrite the report (WEF/A/IV/249-254). It is unclear if the book was ever published, but a summary of the proposed book can be found in WEF/A/IV/245. |