
As Others See Us
Schooling and Social Mobility in Scotland and the United States
Keith Hope(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 22. February 1985
Book
Hardback
316 pages
978-0-521-26485-3 (ISBN)
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Description
In comparing the educational systems of Scotland and the United States, Keith Hope argues that the Scottish selective system is more successful in advancing students on the basis of intelligence and merit than is the comprehensive American system. Based on some unique longitudinal data assembled between 1947 and 1964 by the Mental Survey Committee of the Scottish Council for Research in Education, his work offers definitions and models for assessing the contribution of intelligence to processes of social mobility. Dr Hope also introduces a major distinction - between 'disadvantage' and 'deprivation' - which he uses to identify a particular type of childhood disability as being likely to have an adverse effect on life-chances. The book concludes with an account of the divergent meanings of the word 'merit' in the United States and Britain that shows how this difference is rooted in the intellectual traditions of the two countries' bureaucracies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
614 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-26485-3 (9780521264853)
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Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Scotland: a meritelective system?; 2. Comparison of Scotland with England and Wales; 3. Comparison of Scotland with the United States; 4. IQ + effort = merit; 5. The institutions of managed meritelection; 6. Was selection carried out fairly?; 7. Meanings of key terms; 8. Does deprivation affect life chances?; 9. Market situation; 10. Intelligence and occupational mobility; 11. Intelligence and vertical mobility; 12. Scottish society; 13. Understanding other people's norms; 14. Merit or desert?; Notes; References; Index.