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Informationen zum Autor Nuala Boyle aka Mummy Clifford became a mother to Cara at the age of 39 and then to Lochlann at the age of 41. As a mother to two very young children who never slept, Nuala spent night after night walking the hallways of her home trying to nurse her babies to sleep. Whilst she was pacing, she reflected on delightful and often humorous incidents that had happened that day and she decided to write them down. From these scribbles, the Don't Be Bold series of uplifting children's stories emerged. The Don't Be Bold series of books are Nuala's first venture into the world of children's publications, but she is not new to writing. Nuala's career is in education management and whilst she is more used to writing reports, service guides, student handbooks, penning responses to ministers' questions and writing press releases, she finds authoring children's stories a delightful diversion and is keen to explore where it might take her. Klappentext Educational Testing provides support for those undertaking training in, and for training providers of, the Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (CCET) (Level A). Developed by the British Psychological Society, the CCET aims to meet a need for standards for the use of tests in education in the UK, to encourage responsible test use by psychologists and non-psychologists alike. Written by the designers of the certificate and endorsed by the BPS's Steering Committee on Test Standards, Educational Testing is the only book of its kind available. Covers the 71 elements of the CCET in detail and acts as a 'course text' for those in training Describes each core competence Provides model answers and examples Offers an indication of the range of ways in which the core competences may be assessed by the assessor, based upon the BPS's existing Guidance for Assessors document Contains appendices offering guidance on BPS standards, a glossary of technical terms, useful websites and online resources, and test publishers' addresses. Zusammenfassung Educational Testing acts as a 'course text' for those undertaking training in! and provides support for training providers of! the Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (CCET) (Level A). Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Part I: From Dualism to Common-sense Functionalism. 1. The Flight from Dualism. The Issue Between Dualism and Materialism. Supervenience. Possible Worlds: An Introduction. Annotated Reading. 2. Behaviourism and Beyond. The Case for Behaviourism. Methodological and Revisionary Behaviourism. Problems for Behaviourism. The Path to Functionalism via a Causal Theory. The Causal Theory of Mind. Annotated Reading. 3. Common-sense Functionalism. Multiple Realizability. Common-sense Functionalism Expounded. Interconnections without Circularity. Behaviour Characterized in Terms of Environmental Impact. What Does Common Sense Say about the Mind?. Annotated Reading. Part II: Rivals and Objections . 4. Theory of Reference. The Description Theory of Reference. The Causal Theory. The Necessary A Posteriori. Annotated Reading. 5. Empirical Functionalisms. Common-sense Functional Roles as a Reference-fixing Device. Chauvinism and Empirical Functionalism. Annotated Reading. 6. The Identity Theory. The Identity Theory and Functionalism. Some Early Objections to the Identity Theory. Token-Token versus Type-Type Identity Theories. Essentialism about Psychological States. Annotated Reading. 7. Four Challenges to Functionalism. The China Brain. The Chinese Room. Blockhead. The Zombie Objection. Annotated Reading. 8. Phenomenal Qualities and Consciousness...
