The Role of the Pupil (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781032860404)

Professor Barbara Calvert (1918-2008) was a New Zealand educational sociologist, accountant, and Professor Emerita at the University of Otago. In 1976 she became the first female head of a New Zealand university education department. Her research interests included early education, lifelong learning, health education, and theories of intelligence testing. She researched the latter as an Imperial Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London. Beyond academia, Calvert worked extensively in the community to improve early childhood education, marriage guidance services, public health and nutrition, and increase women's access to education.