The Anatomy of Judgement
Her best known publication, "The Anatomy of Judgement" was reissued in 1989 (Free Association Books). This book brings together an edited selection from her educational writings. It is essentially an analysis of the process of learning as a summation of judgements when information is presented. The author shows how emotion and preconceptions influence this judgement. The extracts are arranged in four parts. The first gives an overview of her educational convictions, of the development of her research and thinking from her early years as a zoology teacher and of her growing involvement in group analysis and its application in education. The second illustrates the way in which, throughout her work, three themes - the selective and projective nature of perception and reasoning; the difficulty that human beings experience in changing; the subtlety and complexity of communication - continually interact with and enrich one another. The third part focuses in greater detail upon group analysis, its relevance to and use in higher education. The fourth gives detailed examples of "free" or "associative" group discussion as she used it in her own work with students.
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