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EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN FURTHER EDUCATION
THE RECOMMENDATIONS in the Report by a sub‐committee of the National Advisory Council's Standing Committee on Teachers in Further Education have met with the general agreement of…
Retrospect and Prospect
David AndersonI CAME INTO technical education in 1924. At that time technical colleges were just beginning to emerge from a long period of being little more than ‘night‐schools’. World War I…
Practical Physical Chemistry in Technical Colleges
Leonard C. RoselaarThe purpose of practical work. That chemistry is a practical subject is a fact which teachers are sometimes forced or inclined to ignore. Laboratory work when undertaken by a…
Progress Report Number 10: The Upper Ten
John WellensIn this, the last Progress Report but one, Mr Wellens examines the chances of increasing the opportunities open at ‘staff’ level and in commercial training
Problems of the Small Technical College
D. WilliamsVARIOUS FACTORS account for the smallness of some technical colleges. Perhaps the most obvious case would be the local college situated in a rural area where both the population…
The Training of Semi‐Skilled Juveniles —Small and Parkes Limited
John WellensIN DEVISING their own scheme for semi‐skilled training Small and Parkes had the considerations summarised on the facing page very much in mind. Mr D. Smith, the Personnel Manager…
Technological Education in the United States — 2: The University Pattern and the Institutes of Technology
Francis AylwardSOME BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN TECHNICAL EDUCATION. British commentators on the American educational scene have often commented on the apparent absence of a…
The Relation between Science and Craftwork in the Selective School
E. SemperThe relationship between science and craftwork in selective schools is a rapidly changing one. The position before World War Two was bad — very few grammar schools bothered with…
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
Notes and News
Circular 9/60 and after—Birmingham Takes Action. The ministry of education issued its Circular 9/60, entitled ‘The Education Service and Training for Industry’, on June 29th…
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