The scientific approach to vocational guidance / C.S. Myers.

  • Charles Samuel Myers
Date:
[1935?]
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Credit: The scientific approach to vocational guidance / C.S. Myers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Distribution of Intelligence Among Children and Adults* (I) Level of intelligence (in mental ratio). (2) Educational category or school. Number of children (in C? percentages). (4) Vocational category. No. of Male ^ adults (in 67 percentages). 1. Over 150 Scholarships (Univer s ity honours) 0-2 Highest profes¬ sional and ad¬ ministrative work 0*1 2. 130-150 Scholarships (secondary) 2 Lower profes¬ sional and technical work 3 3. 115-130 Central and higher ele¬ mentary 10 Clerical and highly skilled work 12 4. 100-115 Ordinary ele¬ mentary 38 Skilled work. Minor com¬ mercial posi¬ tions 26 5. 85-100 Ordinary ele¬ mentary 38 Semi - skilled work. Poorest commercial positions 33 6. 70-85 Dull and back¬ ward classes 10 Unskilled labour and coarse manual work x9 7. 50-70 Special schools for the men¬ tally defec¬ tive i-5 Casual labour 7 8. Under 50 Occupation « centres for the ineducable 0*2 Institutional cases(imbeciles and idiots) 0-2 * From “ A Study in Vocational Guidance,” Report No. 33 of the Industrial Fatigue Research Board, H.M. Stationery Office, 1926, p. 13.