Table of contents
Compromise
For a while, at least, the schools are back to normal. From the ultimatum of last 17 November on, it was clear that something had to break — if only because the National Union of…
The Cream of Bristol
In number two of the six‐city survey, we have chosen to profile Bristol. In part because it stands in greatest contrast to last month's profile on Glasgow, and also because it…
Comprehensives
Part of Bristol's quiet revolution in the educational field are the two comprehensive schools. Greenway boys' and Pen Park girls'. Originally secondary modern schools, they became…
Into Work
The key to both the problems and successes of Bristol's educational provision lie with the link man, Brian Dyer, the chief youth employment officer. For him and his staff each…
The College
A major problem in reviewing further education in Bristol is the local authority's policy of concentrating as much work as possible in the schools — coupled with the turmoil that…
The Poly
The submission made by Bristol for their polytechnic to the Department of Education and Science is a study in itself. Nobody can be completely happy with it. As is indicated…
The Independent Schools
Whilst Bristol has managed to implement comprehensive education very quietly, selective education still exists in a large number of schools. All of which, of course, are beyond…
Conclusion
The Bristol operation is so far unlike all other surveys in this present series. In one sense it is less exhaustive, since fewer areas were covered. In another sense it is more…
The all‐through comprehensive
Tyrrell BurgessFew educational reforms have owed much to the influence of parents and men in the street. Yet if the country is now curing itself, slowly and painfully, of the lunacy of selection…
TRUE‐FALSE QUESTIONS: an appraisal
E.W. JenkinsIn its simplest form the true‐false question is a specific instance of a group of questions in which the pupil is asked to choose from a pair of contrasted or opposed qualities…
School science: 3 — plasticine molecular models
Russell EdwardsIn School Science 2, in our November 1967 issue, Russell Edwards discussed building a home‐made back‐projector. This month he deals with molecular models in plasticine.
Focus
Brian MacArthurA monthly column in which Brian MacArthur, Education Correspondent of The Times, reviews the month's news in education.
COMMENT
Benedict ArnoldThe Joint Committees for national and higher national certificates in engineering are insisting upon the inclusion of liberal studies in courses and this is bitterly resented by…
IN PARLIAMENT
The Education Bill has been accorded an unopposed Second Reading in the Lords. For the Government, Baroness Phillips, moving the Second Reading, said that the various local…
Films
Chris EdmondsIn the present circumstances one could be forgiven for assuming that Symphony in Gold (col, 25 min) has something to do with either devaluation or monetary reform. In fact the…
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