E-Book, Englisch, 255 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services
Browne-Miller Intelligence Policy
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4615-1865-5
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Its Impact on College Admissions and Other Social Policies
E-Book, Englisch, 255 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services
ISBN: 978-1-4615-1865-5
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The author examines the numerous facets of 'implicit intelligence policies'those unspoken directives that often profoundly influence social and educational policies-and their impact on policies regarding measured and actual mental ability.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1. The Bell Tolls.- Specific Objectives.- Definitions and Structure.- I. The Demand for and Assessment of Mental Ability.- 2. The Supply of and Demand for Intelligence.- 3. The Juxtaposition of Individual and Institutional Assessment.- II. Mapping Social Policy Against a Theoretical Backdrop.- 4. Mapping Admissions and Other Social Policy against a Philosophical Backdrop.- 5. Academic Merit versus Fair Representation: A Case Study of the Undergraduate Admissions Policy at the University of California at Berkeley.- 6. Intelligence versus Higher Education as a Determinant of Worldly Success: The Sociopolitical Perspective.- 7. Academic Aptitude versus Achievement: Scientific Interpretations of Intelligence.- 8. Rationalist versus Empiricist Views: The Philosophical Backdrop on the Learnability of Intelligence.- 9. The Illusory Faces of Implicit Intelligence Policy.- III. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit Policy.- 10. The Potential Value of Impact Analysis on Intelligence Policy.- 11. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit University Admissions Policy.- 12. Recommendations and Conclusions: Toward a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy.- 13. From Here to a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy.- Appendixes.- A. Relevant Models of Impact Analysis.- B. Adaptation of Impact Analysis to Intelligence Policy Analysis.- C. Relevant Documents.- Notes.- About the Author.
