17 Facts About Minnie Abercrombie

Minnie Abercrombie, known as M L J Abercrombie, was a British zoologist, educationalist and psychologist.

Minnie Abercrombie was known for her work on invertebrates and her work in the publishing industry, conducted with her husband, Michael Abercrombie.

Minnie Abercrombie contributed to the theory and practice of education through her teaching, research, lecturing and writing.

Minnie Abercrombie attended Waverley Road Secondary School in Birmingham, where she completed the higher school certificate in chemistry, zoology, botany, and history.

Minnie Abercrombie married Michael Abercrombie 17 July 1939 and collaborated with him extensively on both scientific and outreach work.

Minnie Abercrombie worked on the selection and pre-clinical training of medical students, based in the Anatomy Department.

Minnie Abercrombie spent 5 years working at Guy's Hospital on a project about cerebral palsy.

Minnie Abercrombie was involved with the University of the Third Age.

Minnie Abercrombie was among the founders of the Group Analytic Society and its president from 1980 - 1983.

Minnie Abercrombie was a visiting professor at universities in Australia and at McMaster University, Ontario in Canada because of her expertise with small groups.

Minnie Abercrombie investigated and developed improved methods of small-group teaching in higher education.

Minnie Abercrombie brought out that most people rarely reflect upon their initial judgements, which were embedded in their own personality.

Minnie Abercrombie found that group discussion helped these students solve such problems and, in particular, improved the ability of the students to discriminate between facts and opinions, to resist false conclusions and to bring fresh strategies to their attempts to solve new problems without being adversely influenced by past failure.

Minnie Abercrombie's finding was that group discussion, properly directed, could do much to eliminate faults in the teacher and to make the student think instead of learning.

Minnie Abercrombie progressively developed her research and thinking from her early years as a zoology teacher through her growing involvement in Group Analysis and its application in education.

Minnie Abercrombie increasingly concentrated on group analysis and its relevance to and use in higher education involving "free" or "associative" group discussion as she used it in her own work with students.

Minnie Abercrombie carried out pioneer research into the use of groups in learning with medical, architectural and education students, and she shared with diverse audiences in many countries her extensive knowledge and expertise as a teacher who used the methods and principles of group analytic psychotherapy.