Education + Training: Volume 21 Issue 2

Small is beautiful

Peter Barnes

Developments in minicomputer power have introduced into education and training what amounts to a new computer era. Whereas once the large‐scale data processing mainframe computer…

Learning Curves as a measure of progress in training

Haim Gershoni

As is well known, Marks and Spencer is supplied by a large number of clothing manufacturers and has endeavoured over many years to assist these suppliers to produce high‐quality…

The Paper and Paper Products Industry

How can the level of understanding and interest in schools about this industry be raised? How can local links between schools and the industry be fostered? To answer these…

Staff development in colleges

Revd., George Tolley

The title of this Conference Staff motivation and morale in a static situation is all wrong. We are not in a static situation. Even if numbers and resources remain static — which…

So you want to be invited back …

Denys Page

Practising managers are frequently asked to make a guest appearance on a training course. This can sometimes be an uncomfortable experience for all concerned, so here are a few…

Helping students to help themselves

Edgar Baker

This article is addressed primarily to teachers, but others may well learn something from it. Every teacher worth his salt thinks about how to teach his subject; but not every…