CUNNINGHAM, KENNETH STEWART

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Cunningham was heavily involved in curriculum development in Victoria after WWI. He taught courses in educational psychology and experimental education at the Teacher's college and the University of Melbourne. Throughout the 1920s he directed the work of a 'psychological laboratory' at M.T.C. where he devised intelligence tests suitable for local use and conducted clinical work with 'problem' children. See, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cunningham-kenneth-stewart-9878. Although coming from a family of limited means himself, Cunningham claimed with his research that the children of working class families were 'unfit' for education beyond the primary school level. Unsurprisingly then he was also a member of the Eugenics Society of Victoria during the interwar period. See, https://theconversation.com/eugenics-in-australia-the-secret-of-melbournes-elite-3350

Book of Remembrance entry

CUNNINGHAM, KENNETH STEWART. 1913. St. Andrew's Coll., Bendigo ; Teachers' Coll. ; 3rd year Arts ; S.S. Teacher. 6.8.15 ; sailed 21.4.16, Pte. 3rd A.G.H. rfts. ; to Egypt, then to France, and with 5th Fld. Amb. as stretcher-bearer from Pozieres to Bellicourt ; L/Cpl. December 1917 ; transf. to Education Service as 2/Lt. November 1918 ; appointed Education Officer for A.M.C. of 2nd Div. ; Lieut. January 1919. Demob. August 1919.

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1890

Birth in Sebastopol -- VIC, Australia 3 February 1890
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Early education at St Andrew's College, Bendigo, VIC, Australia
1912

PHILLIPS, LESLIE WILLIAM
1914

Teacher at Fitzroy -- VIC, Australia 1914
1916

Military service as Private 21 April 1916
1919

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1919
1919

Military service 1 August 1919
1920

Lecturer at North Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1920
1922

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1922
1922

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1922
1927

Tertiary education at Columbia University, Manhattan, New York, USA 1927
1930

Chief Executive Officer CEO at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1 April 1930
1930

Chief Executive Officer CEO at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1930
1937

Organised a New Education Fellowship Conference 1937
1939

Director at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1939
1955

Consultant on Teacher Training at Indonesia --, Indonesia 1955
1965

Commemorated by Chair of Education 1965 at Monash University : Melbourne [ Vic Australia ]
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Member of Australian National Research Council
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Member of British Psychological Society
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Member of Eugenics Society of Victoria
1976

Death in Fairfield -- VIC, Australia 27 June 1976

Gender

Male