| Description | CDR sound recording of an interview with Professor Margaret Donaldson, Honorary Fellow BPS (HonFBPsS), FRSE, University of Edinburgh for the BPS Oral History project.
The interview was conducted by Helen Ross in July 2011.
Topics covered:
Running order:
Early experience predisposing to a career in psychology
Early days in psychology:
Early working career:
Working life:
Role of professional bodies in her professional life:
Mentors, other people, books, or literature which had the most influence on her career.
Memories of conferences, views of her contemporaries
Personal and family life related to, or had an impact, on her role as a psychologist.
Thoughts about her field of psychology and predictions for the future of the field.
Ends.
3 tracks
Total Running Time: c 65mins |
| RunTime | On one CDR disk, running time c 65 minutes |
| AdminHistory | Date of Birth: 16/06/1926
Place of Birth: Paisley, Renfrewshire
University Qualifications and Professional Training:
MA (Edin), with first class honours in French, 1947
B.Ed (Edin) with distinction in psychology and in education, 1953
Ph.D (Edin) in psychology, 1956)
Honours and Awards:
David H.Russell Award (USA) for the book Children's Minds, 1983
Festschrift: R.Grieve and M.Highes (Eds.)
Understanding Children: Essays in Honour of Margaret Donaldson . Oxford: Blackwell, 1990
Portrait hung in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. (Painted by Donald Swan.)
Elected Honorary Life Member of the United Kingdom Reading Association, 1992
Elected Honorary Fellowship, The British Psychological Society, 1993
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1993
Honorary degree of Doctor of the University (D.Univ.), 1995
Professional Career:
Taught for one year at a Lycee in Rouen, France, 1945
Assistant, Department of Education, University of Edinburgh, 1953-1957
Research appointment at lecturer level, Department of Education, University of Edinburgh, 1957-1958
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 1958-1969
Reader, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 1969-1980
Personal Chair of Developmental Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 1980-1988 |