POTENTIAL LEADERS
meter OF HIGH INTELLIGENCE, by G. W. Parkyn; New Zealand Council for Education Research, 18/-. "HE fect that this book, first published in 1948, has been reprinted is evidence that it has gone to a wider field of readers than is usual with the excellent productions of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. One reason is that no such exhaustive study. of the subject had been made before, either in this country or in Great Britain. The first part of the book comprises a discussion of the concept of high in-
telligence, and of the various tests in current use to determine it. An account is then given of the data gathered from an intensive inquiry into the characteristics of New Zealand children of high intelligence. Of special interest and value here is the study of a group of 50 pupils selected in Form II in 1942 and followed up to 1947. The author next offers suggestions about the curriculum and about methods of teaching and ways in which schools of different types may be organised so that the interests of pupils of high intelligence may be better served. This naturally leads Mr. Parkyn to discuss the attitude that a democratic society should have towards such children. Democratic peoples cannot escape the fact that "leaders" do emerge, and an analysis of the qualities essential to leadership puts intellectual ability in a very high place. Children of high intelligence are therefore a valuable asset, and should be so
regarded.
L.J.
W.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 774, 21 May 1954, Page 26
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