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centres, actually itself undertakes inquiries into problems of genetic 
psychology. 
The Child Study Sociely of our own country, which is a federation of 
Child Study Societies in London and several large towns, publishes a 
quarterly journal, the ‘ Child Study’; and, though somewhat different 
in character, the 
Institut fiir angewandte Psychologie und psychologische Sammel- 
forschung, of Berlin, which aims at becoming a centre of information 
for all interested in any branch of applied psychology. 
As a further mark of the present-day importance of the work which 
the Committee have undertaken to investigate and report upon, we may 
note the great number of journals which are now largely devoted to the 
subject. 
In addition to those already mentioned, there are in Germany :— 
‘ Zeilschrift fiir experimentelle Pédagogik ’ (Meumann) ; 
‘ Zeilschrift fiir pidagogische Psychologie, Pathologie und Hygiene ’ 
(Kemsies) ; 
* Zeitschrift fiir Kinderforschung ’ (Koch, Triiper, &c.); 
* Pédagogisch-psychologische Studien’ (Brahn); 
‘ Zeitschrift fiir angewandte Psychologie und psychologische Sammel- 
forschung ’ (Stern) ; 
‘Sammlung von Abhandlungen aus den Gebielen der pddagogischen 
Psychologie und Physiologie ’ (Ziehen und Ziegler) ; 
* Pidagogische Monographien ’ (Meumann) ; 
in France :— 
‘ Année Psychologique ’ (Binet) ; 
‘ Bulletin de la Sociélé pour l’Elude psychologique de l’Enfant’ 
(Boitel) ; 
in America :— 
‘ Psychological Clinic ’ ; 
© Pedagogical Seminary ’ ; 
besides others in the Italian, Swedish, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese 
languages. 
It is impossible in this report fo put on record the many important 
experiments which are being carried out in schools in America, London, 
and elsewhere. These are isolated, and the Committee have not yet been 
able to get full information about them. 
The value of the work that has been done cannot, of course, be 
measured by its volume. Some portion of it has probably little per- 
manent value, because it has been done by persons who are not adequately 
trained psychologists or are not competent educational practitioners. 
The Committee feel with Dr. Spearman that ‘the great need of the 
moment is the procural of facilities for research and the training of 
persons to direct it.’ They would in this connection point out the need 
for public assistance. It is a new and important branch of research for 
which few, if any, British institutions are adequately equipped. They 
therefore ask the Sectional Committee to propose to the Committee of 
Recommendations that the Council of the Association should be 
authorised to organise a deputation to the Board of Education urging 
