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1890-1976 Born on 3 February 1890 at Sebastopol, Victoria. He was educated at various schools in Tasmania and Victoria before completing his matriculation in 1907 at St Andrew's College, Bendigo. He qualified as a junior teacher in 1909 and taught in various schools before we became a student at Melbourne Training College in 1912. While training he became interested in 'new' education techniques and overseas trends and was transferred to the University of Melborne to study secondary education. From 1914 he taught at Bell Street Special School for children with mental disabilities until he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915. After his return at the end of World War One, he completed his university course , completing both his bachelor's and master's degrees, and his diploma of education, with first-class honours. He stayed at the University and taught courses in educational psychology and experimental education. From 1925-1927 he studied at the Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York. His doctoral thesis (1926) was published as The Measurement of Early Levels of Intelligence (New York, 1927). In 1930 he was appointed foundation chief executive officer (director from 1939) of the Australian Council for Educational Research. He organised a successful conference for the New Education Fellowship in 1937, which led to the formation of several sections across Australia, including one in Victoria for which he was the president from 1959-1961. He was a member of the Australian National Research Council and chaired (1943-52) its social science research committee. In addition, he was a founder of the Australian branch of the British Psychological Society and a postwar president of the Eugenics Society of Victoria. He retired in 1954, and worked in Indonesia for UNESCO in 1955-1956. He died in 1976. In 1965 Monash University had named a chair of education after him. educationalist GB/366/967 Brian Williams, 'Cunningham, Kenneth Stewart (1890 - 1976)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 544-545. Deposited/Corporate/WEF/People/Australia/Cunningham 14/04/2009 Mkklibyz 15/06/2009 Mkklibyz Cunningham; Kenneth Stewart (1890-1976); educationalist Cunningham Kenneth Stewart Male GB/366/713 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes 233d6763-3585-41c9-8858-740674b58bd2