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PART I

 

Raven, J., Rust, J. and Squire, A. (2008) Manual: Coloured Progressive Matrices and Crichton Vocabulary Scale. NCS Pearson Inc, London, England.

Raven, J., Rust, J. and Squire, A. (2008) Manual: Standard Progressive Matrices Plus version - and Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale. NCS Pearson Inc, London, England.

Raven, J., and Raven,.J. (Eds). (2008). Uses and Abuses of Intelligence: Studies Advancing Spearman and Raven's Quest for Non-Arbitrary Metrics. Unionville, New York: Royal Fireworks Press; Edinburgh, Scotland: Competency Motivation Project; Budapest, Hungary: EDGE 2000. Cluj Napoca, Romania: Romanian Psychological Testing Services SRL.

Chapter 1: General Introduction and Overview

Raven, J, Raven, J.C. and Court, J.H. Manual for Raven's Progressive Matrices and Mill Hill Vocabulary Scales. San Antonio, TX: Pearson Education. http://www.harcourt-uk.com

Particularly the following Sections:

Raven, J., Raven, J.C. and Court, J.H. (1998). Section 1: General Overview.
Raven, J., Raven, J.C. and Court, J.H. (2000, updated 2004). Section 3: Standard Progressive Matrices (Including the Development of SPM+).
Raven, J., Raven, J.C. and Court, J.H. (1998). Section 5: The Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale.
Court, J.H. and Raven, J. (1995). Section 7: Normative, Reliability, and Validity Studies and References.
Raven, J. (2000). Research Supplement No.3: A Compendium of International and North American Normative and Validity Studies Together with a Review of the Use of the RPM in Neuropsychological Assessment by Court, Drebing, & Hughes.

Raven, J. (2000). The Raven’s Progressive Matrices: Change and stability over culture and time. Cognitive Psychology, 41, 1-48. Elsevier .

Flynn, J.R. (1987). Massive IQ gains in 14 nations: What IQ tests really measure. Psychological Bulletin, 101, 171-191. American Psychological Association.

Many other publications by a variety of authors which relate to this part of the seminar are available at http://www.wpe.info/papers_table.html

PART II

Handout and Exercise Material available to support this part of the seminar.

Raven, J. (2008) Fundamental Problems in Psychometrics. Testing International. 19 16-17.

Raven, J., & Stephenson, J. (Eds.). (2001). Competence in the Learning Society. New York: Peter Lang.

Selected Chapters

Chapter 1	Learning Societies, Learning Organisations, and Learning: Their Implications For Competence, Its Development, and Its Assessment
Chapter 9	The McBer Competency Framework
Chapter 15	The McClelland/McBer Competency Models
Chapter 17	The Conceptualisation of Competence
Chapter 18	Facilitating the Development of Competence
Chapter 23	Some Barriers to the Introduction of Competency-Based Education
Chapter 28	The Assessment of Competence

Raven, J. (2002). Intelligence, Engineered Invisibility, and the Destruction of Life on Earth. Chapter 19 in Uses and Abuses of Intelligence (cited above) or downloadable from http://www.wpe.info/papers_table.html

Raven, J. (1991). The Tragic Illusion: Educational Testing. New York: Trillium Press.

Raven, J. (1988). Developing the talents and competencies of all our children. Gifted International, 5, 8-40.

Raven, J. (1988). Toward measures of high-level competencies: A re-examination of McClelland's distinction between needs and values. Human Relations, 41, 281-294 The Tavistock Institute.

Raven, J. (1987). Values, diversity and cognitive development. Teachers’ College Record, 89, 21-38 Teachers' College Columbia University.

Raven, J., Johnston, J. and Varley, T. (1985). Opening the Primary Classroom. Edinburgh: Scottish Council for Research in Education.

Raven, J. (1984). Competence in Modern Society: Its Identification, Development and Release. The Competency Motivation Project.

Raven, J. (1983). The relationship between educational institutions and society with particular reference to the role of assessment. International Review of Applied Psychology, 42, 249-274.

Raven, J. (1982). Educational Home Visiting and the growth of competence and confidence in adults and children. Curriculum Inquiry, 12, 87-105, North America: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Raven, J. (1980). Parents, Teachers and Children. Edinburgh: Scottish Council for Research in Education. North America: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Raven, J. (1977). Education, Values and Society: The Objectives of Education and the Nature and Development of Competence. Edinburgh, Scotland: Competency Motivation Project..

Raven, J. (1977). On the components of competence and their development in education. Teachers' College Record, 78, 457-475. Teachers' College Columbia University

PART III

Handout and Exercise Material available to support this part of the seminar.

Raven, J. (1994). School Improvement Kit: Pilot Version. Edinburgh: Competency Motivation Project, 30 Great King Street., Edinburgh EH3 6QH.

Raven, J. (1994). Managing Education for Effective Schooling: The Most Important Problem is to Come to Terms with Values. New York: Trillium Press: Edinburgh, Scotland: The Competency Motivation Project.

Selected Chapters

Chapter 1	Overview
Chapter 7	Why do schools neglect their main goals?
Chapter 8	The internal organisation of the system
Chapter 10	The organisation and facilitation of research
Chapter 11	The way forward
References

Raven, J., & Stephenson, J. (Eds.). (2001). Competence in the Learning Society. New York: Peter Lang.

Selected Chapter

Chapter 23

Some Barriers to the Introduction of Competency-Based Education

Raven, J. (1989). Equity in diversity: The problems posed by values - and their resolution. In F. Macleod (Ed.), Families and Schools: Issues in Accountability and Parent Power. Brighton, England: Falmer Press.

PART IV

Raven, J. (2007). Some problems of individual emergence. In G. de Zeeuw, M. Vahl, & E. Mennuti, (Eds.), Problems of Individual Emergence. Special Issue of Systemica: Journal of the Dutch Systems Group 14, nos. 1-6 (pp.377- 396). Published by Lincoln Research Centre, Globe Farm, Lincoln, LN1 2SQ, UK.

Raven, J. (2006) Toward a Sustainable Society: Next Steps. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Linking Systems Thinking, Innovation, Quality, Entrepreneurship and Environment. (STIQE) 2006. Faculty of Economics and Business, Maribor, Slovenia.

Raven, J. (2006). Designing a Learning Society. Proceedings of Deming Learning Network conference on Society in Sync, Aberdeen, February 2006.

Raven, J. & Navrotsky, V. (2001). The Development and Use of maps of Socio-Cybernetic Systems to Improve Educational and Social Policy, with particular reference to sustainability, Journal of Mental Changes, VII, 19-60. Diagrams: 20.4, 20.5, 20.6, Figure XXX

Raven, J. (2001). Psychologists and Sustainability. The American Psychologist. 56, 455-457.

Raven, J. (2000). Rethinking democracy. The Good Society (Journal of the Committee on the Political Economy of the Good Society [PEGS]) 9(3), 31–37.

Raven, J. (1995). The New Wealth of Nations: A New Enquiry into the Nature and Origins of the Wealth of Nations and the Societal Learning Arrangements Required for a Sustainable Society. Unionville, New York: Royal Fireworks Press; Sudbury, England: Bloomfield Books.

Selected Chapters

Chapter 1	Introduction and Overview,
Chapter 2	The State of the World: The Environment, Population, International Debt and Interest,Status of the Social Fabric,
Chapter 3	Preliminary Observations on the Nature of Modern Societies, Wealth, and Wealth Creation,
Chapter 4	Some Observations On Money,
Chapter 5	Some Observations On Prices,
Chapter 6	The Marketplace and Classic Economic Indicators,
Chapter 7	Manufacturing, Wealth, Money, and Management,
Chapter 8	Our Misplaced Faith In Market Processes,
Chapter 9	Privatisation,
Chapter 10	The Covert Reasons For Privatisation,
Chapter 11	Has There Been A Conspiracy?,
Chapter 16	Adequacy Of Democracy,
Chapter 17	The Critique Summarised and an Introduction to, and Overview of, Part IV: The Way Forward,
Chapter 19	Running Modern Society Effectively: An Overview,
Chapter 20	Using Systems Diagrams to Guide Social Action
Chapter 21	Creating a Pervasive Climate of Innovation,
Chapter 22	Public Participation and Network Management,
Chapter 23	A New Understanding of Democracy,
Chapter 24	Arrangements for Policy Evaluation and Improvement,
Notes
References

Raven, J. (1989). Democracy, bureaucracy and the psychologist. The Psychologist, 2(11), November, 458-466. The British Psychological Society.

Raven, J. (1988). Choice in a modern economy: New concepts of democracy and bureaucracy. In S. Maital (Ed.), Applied Behavioural Economics, Vol. II. Brighton, England: Wheatsheaf.

Marks, N., Simms, A., Thompson, S., and Abdallah, S. (2006).The (Un)happy Planet Index: An Index of Human Well-being and Environmental Impact. London: New Economics Foundation. Downloadable from www.neweconomics.org and www.happyplanetindex.org

Rees, W. E. (2002). Globalization and Sustainability: Conflict or Convergence? Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 22 (4), 249-268. SAGE Publications