Who Is an Educator?
Abstract
The attempt to apply laboratory methods to affairs of the soul and mind by means of intelligence tests has met with stout resistance on the part of many teachers, and in particular of Catholic teachers. The declaration of defenders of mental scales to the effect that intelligence can be measured; that children can be classic fied as superior, normal, and inferior by tests whose administration requires but half an hour or less; that the I. Q. of a child is indicative of his ability to succeed in school; that this I. Q. can be determined at a very early age; and that we are safe in assuming it will remain constant throughout life—all this is strongly suggestive of a materialistic and biological interpretation of man’s mental life, and provokes opposition among those who believe in the immateriality of thought and the spirituality of the soul.
Subject Area
Educational tests & measurements|Educational evaluation|Educational psychology
Recommended Citation
Rosita, M, "Who Is an Educator?" (1926). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI29281779.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI29281779
