BOOKS by Dr. John Raven

Raven, J., & 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. Order from Publisher   Download PDF

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

Raven, J. (1995). The New Wealth of Nations: A New Enquiry into the Nature and Origins of the Wealth of Nations. New York: Royal Fireworks Press; Sudbury, Suffolk: Bloomfield Books. Order from Publisher   Download PDF

Raven, J. (1994). Managing Education for Effective Schooling: The Most Important Problem is to Come to Terms with Values. New York: Trillium Press. Order from Publisher   Download PDF

Raven, J. (1991). The Tragic Illusion: Educational Testing. New York: Trillium Press; Oxford, England: Oxford Psychologists Press. Order from Publisher

Raven, J., Johnstone, J. and Varley, T. (1985). Opening the Primary Classroom. Edinburgh: Scottish Council for Research in Education. Order from Publisher   Download PDF

Raven, J. (1984). Competence in Modern Society: Its Identification, Development and Release. Oxford, England: Oxford Psychologists Press. Order from Publisher

Raven, J. and Varley, T. (1984). Some classrooms and their effects: A study of the feasibility of measuring some of the broader outcomes of education. Collected Original Resources in Education, 8(1), F4 G6.

Varley, T. and Raven, J. (1983). A survey of the extent and nature of out-of-school visits by primary schools in Lothian and Fife Regions. Collected Original Resources in Education, 17(2), F4D13.

Raven, J. and Litton, F. (1982). Aspects of civics education in Ireland. Collected Original Resources in Education, 6(2), F4E7.

Raven, J. (1980). Parents, Teachers and Children: An Evaluation of an Educational Home Visiting Programme. Edinburgh: Scottish Council for Research in Education. Distributed in North America by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto. Order from Publisher

Raven, J. (1977). Education, Values and Society: The Objectives of Education and the Nature and Development of Competence. Oxford, England: Oxford Psychologists Press. Order from Publisher

Raven, J. and Whelan, C.T. (1976). Irish adults' perceptions of their civic institutions. In J. Raven, C.T. Whelan, P.A. Pfretzschner and D.M. Borock, Political Culture in Ireland. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration.

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