Pygmalion in the Classroom: Teacher Expectation and Pupils' Intellectual Development

This book sets out to explain where their social psychology experiments stems from, which was a little dry from the perspective of a layman. However, getting past all of the explorations and investigations, I found the meat of the book to be very intriguing. It gave me much to think about seeing as I am going into Education and want to be aware of how my subconscious prejudices can affect the classroom. It is worth reading all the way to the end. I really enjoyed it!

Used to raise teachers' consciousness in a friendly manner!

Very boring book,I think this book is not for laypersons,it is for scientists and persons interested in statics ,in my opinion this book can be summarized in one statement:positive expectations makes students excel and fulfill their potentials,that is it

I realize this is my fault but I ordered this book for a class I am no longer taking. I missed the return window by 4 days. If you can initiate my return, I will change this review to 5 stars.

While on the surface Pygmalion appears to be a solid experiment, what lies beneath is a train wreck of creative data and stretched conclusions. I took a class which spent several weeks examining the data and methods used by Rosenthal and Jacobson, and the lengths they went to in order bolster their conclusion are laughable. Their randomization process was never clear, mortality was a very serious issue, and the TOGA test was administered to students below the minimum recommended age requirement (if you look at the data, many kids score zero on the test, indicating they didn't even do it). They gather much of their reported gains from "wonder kids" who gain ~70 IQ points during the duration of the experiment, which is absolutely ludicrous. I could go on and on, but hopefully you will do more than just take the book at face value.

Teacher's expectations are more influential for success or failure in the school system than the actual teaching. People need to know this. Make sure that your children are well turned out and well spoken; especially on the first day of school.

The book can be boring for who is not interest in education and pedagogy but I would suggest it to every teacher and to everyone whose life is touched by children. It tells the story of an "experiment" conducted in a school: what happen when a teacher is truly convinced of the potential of a student?

This book was very detailed. It was very helpful when writing an essay on the subject. It is not an easy read and at times was very scientific.

Bin sehr zufrieden mit dieser Bestellung!

Excellent.