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In 1917, Baldwin was appointed as the director of the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station. The research station was the first of its kind.<ref name="Dictionary"/> For a little over a year, Baldwin was the major of the [[Army Medical Department (United States)|Sanitary Corps]] in the [[Surgeon General of the United States Army]] office. He helped soldiers psychologically at the [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]].<ref name="Child">{{cite book |last=O'Shea |first=Vincent |date=1924 |title=The Child: His Nature and His Needs |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Child_His_Nature_and_His_Needs/lqgHAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bird+thomas+baldwin&pg=PA489&printsec=frontcover |publisher=Childrens Foundation |page=489}}</ref> During the 1920s, Baldwin received grants from the [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]] and the [[Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial]] to further the goals of the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station. Baldwin worked with others to discover what caused "normal" children to develop. The research station became well known during the late 1920s, while also training nursery schoolteachers and educating parents. Baldwin earned praise for his work internationally. Baldwin had his daughter, who had issues learning, be placed in the ICWRS observational nursery school. After his daughter's learning improved, Baldwin began to believe that IQ tests were misleading which led him to focus more on mental development.<ref name="Dictionary"/> Baldwin was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<ref name="Child"/> The book ''The Psychology of the Preschool Child'' is Baldwin's study of children ages two to six.<ref>{{cite book |date=1926 |title=The Booklist |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Booklist/VLkaAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bird+thomas+baldwin+child+development&pg=PA5&printsec=frontcover |page=5}}</ref> |
In 1917, Baldwin was appointed as the director of the [[Iowa Child Welfare Research Station]]. The research station was the first of its kind.<ref name="Dictionary"/> For a little over a year, Baldwin was the major of the [[Army Medical Department (United States)|Sanitary Corps]] in the [[Surgeon General of the United States Army]] office. He helped soldiers psychologically at the [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]].<ref name="Child">{{cite book |last=O'Shea |first=Vincent |date=1924 |title=The Child: His Nature and His Needs |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Child_His_Nature_and_His_Needs/lqgHAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bird+thomas+baldwin&pg=PA489&printsec=frontcover |publisher=Childrens Foundation |page=489}}</ref> During the 1920s, Baldwin received grants from the [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]] and the [[Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial]] to further the goals of the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station. Baldwin worked with others to discover what caused "normal" children to develop. The research station became well known during the late 1920s, while also training nursery schoolteachers and educating parents. Baldwin earned praise for his work internationally. Baldwin had his daughter, who had issues learning, be placed in the ICWRS observational nursery school. After his daughter's learning improved, Baldwin began to believe that IQ tests were misleading which led him to focus more on mental development.<ref name="Dictionary"/> Baldwin was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<ref name="Child"/> The book ''The Psychology of the Preschool Child'' is Baldwin's study of children ages two to six.<ref>{{cite book |date=1926 |title=The Booklist |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Booklist/VLkaAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bird+thomas+baldwin+child+development&pg=PA5&printsec=frontcover |page=5}}</ref> |
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Baldwin died on May 11, 1928, from an infection that he received at a barbershop while being shaved.<ref name="Dictionary"/> |
Baldwin died on May 11, 1928, from an infection that he received at a barbershop while being shaved.<ref name="Dictionary"/> |
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Revision as of 16:49, 20 August 2023
Bird Thomas Baldwin (May 31, 1875 - May 11, 1928) was an American educator, psychologist, and researcher of child development. He was the director of the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station. As part of the United States Army, he was a psychologist of wounded soldiers.
Personal life and early career
Baldwin was born on May 31, 1875, in Marshallton, Pennsylvania. He received a B. S. at Swarthmore College in 1900, later becoming the principal of Moorestown Friends School in Moorestown, New Jersey for two years. While continuing his education at Harvard College, where he received his A.M. and Ph.D., he was employed by the University of Pennsylvania for psychology and education. He was a psychology student at Leipzig University in 1906. Baldwin taught at Westchester State Normal School, the University of Texas, and Swarthmore College.[1]
Research and child development
In 1917, Baldwin was appointed as the director of the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station. The research station was the first of its kind.[1] For a little over a year, Baldwin was the major of the Sanitary Corps in the Surgeon General of the United States Army office. He helped soldiers psychologically at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.[2] During the 1920s, Baldwin received grants from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial to further the goals of the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station. Baldwin worked with others to discover what caused "normal" children to develop. The research station became well known during the late 1920s, while also training nursery schoolteachers and educating parents. Baldwin earned praise for his work internationally. Baldwin had his daughter, who had issues learning, be placed in the ICWRS observational nursery school. After his daughter's learning improved, Baldwin began to believe that IQ tests were misleading which led him to focus more on mental development.[1] Baldwin was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2] The book The Psychology of the Preschool Child is Baldwin's study of children ages two to six.[3]
Baldwin died on May 11, 1928, from an infection that he received at a barbershop while being shaved.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Cravens, Hamilton. "Baldwin, Bird Thomas". The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ a b O'Shea, Vincent (1924). The Child: His Nature and His Needs. Childrens Foundation. p. 489.
- ^ The Booklist. 1926. p. 5.