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The Infant and Junior School and Camp Education teach 3 to 11 years olds (Foundation Stage to Year 6). The Infant and Junior School is in central Stanley and is a 2 form entry primary school. Camp Education has 2 rural schools in Fox Bay Village and in Goose Green, both schools have a full-time teacher who teaches children in a mixed-age group.
Julian Cecil Stanley (July 9, 1918 – August 12, 2005) was an American psychologist. He was an advocate of accelerated education for academically gifted children. He founded the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY), as well as a related research project, the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY), whose work has, since 1980, been supplemented by the Julian C ...
Leon Festinger (8 May 1919 – 11 February 1989) was an American social psychologist who originated the theory of cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory.The rejection of the previously dominant behaviorist view of social psychology by demonstrating the inadequacy of stimulus-response conditioning accounts of human behavior is largely attributed to his theories and research. [1]
The Stanley letter is a letter written in 1831 by Edward Stanley (who later became The 14th Earl of Derby ), then Chief Secretary for Ireland. The letter outlined his proposal which helped the U.K. Government to establish the legal basis for national schools in Ireland. [1] It was written two years after the government led by The Duke of ...
Kaplan, Inc. Kaplan, Inc. is an international educational services company that provides educational and training services to colleges, universities, businesses and individuals around the world. Founded in 1938 by Stanley Kaplan, [2] the company offers a variety of test preparation, certifications, and student support services. [1]
Philip George Zimbardo (/ zɪmˈbɑːrdoʊ /; born March 23, 1933) is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. [1] He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which was later criticized severely for both ethical and scientific reasons. He has authored various introductory psychology textbooks for ...
The Julian C. Stanley Study of Exceptional Talent (SET) is an outgrowth of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) at Johns Hopkins University.Founded in 1971 by Professor Julian Stanley, SMPY pioneered the concept of above-grade-level testing of middle school students, using the SAT to identify exceptionally talented mathematical reasoners, then offering rigorous academic programs ...
Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020. [2][3][4] He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and ...