CUNNINGHAM, KENNETH STEWART
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Family name
CUNNINGHAM
Given name(s)
KENNETH STEWART
Initials
K.S.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Start date
1913
Combined start dates
1913
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
CUNNINGHAM K.S. : Teacher 1914 - 1915 Bell Street Special School @ Fitzroy [ VIC Australia ]CUNNINGHAM K.S. : Lecturer 1920 - 1 Mar 1930 Melbourne Teachers Training College @ North Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]CUNNINGHAM K.S. : Chief Executive Officer CEO 1930 - 1939 Australian Council for Educational Research @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]CUNNINGHAM K.S. : Chief Executive Officer CEO 1 Apr 1930 - 1954 Australian Council for Educational Research @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]CUNNINGHAM K.S. : Director 1939 - 1954 Australian Council for Educational Research @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]CUNNINGHAM K.S. : Consultant on Teacher Training 1955 - 1956 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO @ Indonesia [ Indonesia ]
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CUNNINGHAM, KENNETH STEWART. 1913. St. Andrew's Coll., Bendigo ; Teachers' Coll. ; 3rd year Arts ; S.S. Teacher. 6.8.15 ; sailed 21.4.16, Pte. 3rd A.G.H. rfts. ; to Egypt, then to France, and with 5th Fld. Amb. as stretcher-bearer from Pozieres to Bellicourt ; L/Cpl. December 1917 ; transf. to Education Service as 2/Lt. November 1918 ; appointed Education Officer for A.M.C. of 2nd Div. ; Lieut. January 1919. Demob. August 1919.
Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY
1913
Publications
PhD - The Measurement of Early Levels of Intelligence (NY 1927)
Title
The measurement of early levels of intelligence.
Also Titled
The measurement of early levels of intelligence by Kenneth S. Cunningham. New York, Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1927.
Other Authors
Cunningham, K. S.
Physical Description
1v.
Notes
74p.
In English.
Language
English
ISBN
0404552595
Libraries Australia ID
55672916
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Libraries Australia
Title
The measurement of early levels of intelligence.
Also Titled
The measurement of early levels of intelligence by Kenneth S. Cunningham. New York, Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1927.
Other Authors
Cunningham, K. S.
Physical Description
1v.
Notes
74p.
In English.
Language
English
ISBN
0404552595
Libraries Australia ID
55672916
Contributed by
Libraries Australia
Parental occupation
Methodist Minister
Visible notes
Cunningham was heavily involved in curriculum development in Victoria after WWI. He taught courses in educational psychology and experimental education at the Teacher's college and the University of Melbourne. Throughout the 1920s he directed the work of a 'psychological laboratory' at M.T.C. where he devised intelligence tests suitable for local use and conducted clinical work with 'problem' children. See, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cunningham-kenneth-stewart-9878. Although coming from a family of limited means himself, Cunningham claimed with his research that the children of working class families were 'unfit' for education beyond the primary school level. Unsurprisingly then he was also a member of the Eugenics Society of Victoria during the interwar period. See, https://theconversation.com/eugenics-in-australia-the-secret-of-melbournes-elite-3350
Internal notes
On the Eugenics Soc. of VIC see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2973082/pdf/eugenrev00224-0033.pdf
ADB Entry ID
9878
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