pedology

n. an early 20th-century educational movement in Europe whose stated purpose was the scientific study of the physical and mental development of children. Interest in pedology manifested itself especially within the emerging Soviet psychology of the 1920s, and Lev Vygotsky was among its supporters. Because of its emphasis on ability testing and examination of individual differences, however, it was banned by the Soviets as a “false science” in 1936.

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