Stories
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Good animals, bad humans?
Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner
Could modern magic shows be perpetuating damaging cultural stereotypes? Shelley Saggar shows how ‘exotic’ costumes and imagery are far from harmless fun.
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Unmasking neurodivergent parenthood
Observing her eldest child’s neurodivergent traits and supporting his education set Erin Beeston wondering about her own ‘odd’ behaviour in childhood, and whether adult diagnosis could be empowering.
Catalogue
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Degrees of mental handicap / report of the Working Party on Standards of Ascertainment for Scottish Schoolchildren.
Great Britain. Scottish Education Department. Working Party on Standards of Ascertainment for Scottish Schoolchildren.Date: 1961- Books
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The education of the imbecile and the improvement of invalid youth.
Date: 1856- Books
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Some of the methods employed in the care and training of feeble-minded children of the lower grades / by Walter E. Fernald.
Fernald, Walter E., 1859-1924.Date: 1894- Books
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On points connected with the education of feeble-minded children : being an introduction to a discussion in the Section of Psychology at the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, Bristol, August, 1894 / by G.E. Shuttleworth.
Shuttleworth, G. E. (George Edward), 1842-1928.Date: [1894]- Books
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On the oral education of the deaf and dumb : a paper read at the teachers' conference, Jan. 10th, 1878 / by William van Praagh.
Van Praagh, William.Date: [1878?]