Education + Training: Volume 2 Issue 1

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CROWTHER

THE CROWTHER REPORT has become available shortly before going to press. A rapid reading shows that it is an objective survey which concentrates on the important issues and does…

The Design and Operation of a new High Voltage Laboratory

B.F.N. Briggs

The equipment and layout of the high voltage laboratory at Doncaster Technica College's new building are described. Interesting reference is made to the influence which certain…

Flexibility in Electrical Machines Laboratories

D.L. Williams

This article describes an electrical machines laboratory, where important advantages have been gained by ensuring that a high proportion of the machines are easily movable.

Economics for Technical Students

D.J. Burningham

Of the many people who would say that technical students should be taught some economics, a large proportion would probably hasten to add that they do not mean theoretical…

The Organisation of Laboratory Work: 4 — A.1 and A.2 Materials and Machines

W.A.G. Easton

Concluding his series on National Certificate Mechanical Engineering laboratory work, its content and organisation, Mr Easton gives his suggestions for the A.1 and A.2 years. He…

Self‐Confidence in a Group: A Recent Study

A lack of confidence in addressing others is one direct cause of imperfect or reduced communication. This is serious whether the group is a conference, a seminar, a discussion…

A New Industrial Educational Centre

A useful feature of the training workshop: power and compressed air are delivered along the low‐level bars, giving a clear view at eye‐level. Roof construction of the monitor type…

Progress Report Number 2: Is craft apprenticeship the whole answer?

John Wellens

THE FACT that the bulge problem is seen by most people as one concerned almost exclusively with craft apprenticeship is hindering progress towards constructive solutions. One…

TEACHING TOPICS: Astronautics and Technical Education

S.W. Greenwood

A FACTOR the educationist has to contend with these days is the strong appeal that astronautics has for boys at school. This is greatest in the period when they are aware of the…

Teaching Engineering Drawing

J. Hansbury

IT IS NOW more than twenty years since the writer joined a first‐year ONC course and listened to the lecturer explaining the principles of orthographic projection. The…

Craft Subjects in a Secondary Technical School

R. Foy

THE DONCASTER Technical High School caters for the needs of intelligent boys with practical interests. Experience shows that a substantial majority of these boys become applied…

Visual aids

A regular feature giving news and comment on events and productions in the field of visual aids for technical and scientific teaching and training

Textbooks and Information: —a note on the 1959 Aslib Conference

THE USEFUL WORK which ASLIB (The Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux) is doing by encouraging the development of special libraries of all kinds and by helping…

Cover of Education + Training

ISSN:

0040-0912

Online date, start – end:

1959

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr Martin McCracken