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Engage with key historical and conceptual issues in psychology
Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology, 3rd Edition, by
Brysbaert & Rastle offers a unique and engaging introduction to
key historical and conceptual issues in psychology. The text draws
on a broad range of issues and themes, both contemporary and
historical, helping you understand the philosophical context from
which psychology has emerged as a discipline. Every chapter
reflects the newest findings and insights in the field, with
particular attention drawn to those findings that have not stood up
to replication tests. The 3rd edition also includes a new chapter
on the replication crisis, including the importance of open science
practices in scientific research. Excerpts from original texts,
profiles of key figures and fascinating examples drawn from across
the world take you from ancient Greece to modern day debates,
stopping off at important developments in psychology, philosophy
and science along the way. Myth busting boxes and discussion
questions in every chapter encourage you to reflect and think
critically about the issues raised. This best-selling text is
essential reading for undergraduate psychology students and those
interested in how the discipline has developed from ancient origins
to reach its current standing today.
"As departments...scramble to decolonize their curriculum, Givens
illuminates a longstanding counter-canon in predominantly black
schools and colleges." -Boston Review "Informative and
inspiring...An homage to the achievement of an often-forgotten
racial pioneer." -Glenn C. Altschuler, Florida Courier "A
long-overdue labor of love and analysis...that would make Woodson,
the ever-rigorous teacher, proud." -Randal Maurice Jelks, Los
Angeles Review of Books "Fascinating, and groundbreaking. Givens
restores Carter G. Woodson, one of the most important educators and
intellectuals of the twentieth century, to his rightful place
alongside figures like W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells." -Imani
Perry, author of May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black
National Anthem Black education was subversive from its inception.
African Americans pursued education through clandestine means,
often in defiance of law and custom, even under threat of violence.
They developed what Jarvis Givens calls a tradition of "fugitive
pedagogy"-a theory and practice of Black education epitomized by
Carter G. Woodson-groundbreaking historian, founder of Black
History Month, and legendary educator under Jim Crow. Givens shows
that Woodson succeeded because of the world of Black teachers to
which he belonged. Fugitive Pedagogy chronicles his ambitious
efforts to fight what he called the "mis-education of the Negro" by
helping teachers and students to see themselves and their mission
as set apart from an anti-Black world. Teachers, students,
families, and communities worked together, using Woodson's
materials and methods as they fought for power in schools. Forged
in slavery and honed under Jim Crow, the vision of the Black
experience Woodson articulated so passionately and effectively
remains essential for teachers and students today.
Established in 1871 on the outskirts of London, the Royal Indian
Engineering College at Coopers Hill was arguably the first
engineering school in Britain. For thirty-five years the college
helped staff the government institutions of British India
responsible for the railways, irrigation systems, telegraph
network, and forests. Founded to meet the high demand for engineers
in that country, it was closed thirty-five years later because its
educational innovations had been surpassed by Britain's
universities - on both occasions against the wishes of the
Government of India. Imperial Engineers offers a complete history
of the Royal Indian Engineering College. Drawing on the diaries of
graduates working in India, the college magazine, student and
alumni periodicals, and other archival documents, Richard Hornsey
details why the college was established and how the students'
education prepared them for their work. Illustrating the impact of
the college and its graduates in India and beyond, Imperial
Engineers illuminates the personal and professional experiences of
British men in India as well as the transformation of engineering
education at a time of social and technological change.
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