Charles Wilfred Valentine (16 August 1879 – 26 May 1964) was a British educationalist and psychologist.
He was a student at
Cambridge University and there befriended
William Gidley Emmett with whom he later co-wrote a book, The Reliability of Examinations in 1932, which questioned the value of traditional testing and helped create a foundation for alternative test methods.[1]
Valentine was President of the
British Psychology Society in 1947-48 and became an Honorary Fellow of the Society in 1958.[2]
Bibliography
Dreams and the Unconscious an Introduction to the Study of Psycho-analysis (2010),
ISBN978-1-141-38370-2,
ISBN1-141-38370-5, first published in 1922 by Macmillan.
An Introduction to Experimental Psychology in Relation to Education, (2009), BiblioBazaar,
ISBN978-1-4590-3247-7,
ISBN1-4590-3247-0, first published in 1916 by Warwick & Yor Inc.
The Normal child and some of his abnormalities (1963), Pelican Books.
Experimental Psychology of Beauty (1962), Methuen.
Parents and children: A first book on the psychology of child development and training (1955)
The Difficult Child and the Problem of Discipline, (1947), Methuen.
The human factor in the army;: Some applications of psychology to training, selection, morale and discipline (1945)
Principles of army instruction: with special reference to elementary weapon training (1943)
The Psychology of Early Childhood. A study of mental development in the first years of life (1942), Methuen.