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EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS: INQUIRY 1
ROGER BEARDBritain's educational publishers, for too long the laggards in educational development, are at last responding to the changes wrought by successive education acts and curriculum…
INQUIRY 2
PEPPY BARLOWEducational publishers come in all shapes and sizes, and compose a recognizable group only in the sense that they are all intent on selling books to the education market. They are…
VICTORIANA
CECIL BALLANTINEThe educational reformer of a hundred years ago could not turn readily to the educational journal which hardly existed in a serious form until well into the twentieth century…
Where next?
Andrew BestAndrew Best has been in educational publishing for the past seven years, and for seven years before that was a teacher (untrained graduate) at secondary level. He reckons himself…
THOUGHTS
Michael PollardThe 160‐odd firms in the educational group of the Publishers' Association range from many‐headed giants like Pergamon to provincial midgets like Davis and Moughton of Leamington…
I DID IT FOR THE MONEY
Ron DeadmanIf ever you need to define the precise difference between primary and secondary school aims in Britain and put your explanation in a nut‐shell, this will do as well as anything…
Continuous assessment
Frank BaconAs a result of growing dissatisfaction with traditional time‐test examinations, forward — looking educationists have recently been investigating some alternative methods of…
DAWSON'S DULWICH
Jim DawsonDulwich College is celebrating the 350th year of its Foundation this summer with two Royal visits, a Commemoration Service, a Ball and a Commemoration Dinner. Edward Alleyn, an…
Britain's unique deterrent
Bruce KembleThe case against caning has been stated, proved and then ignored by the vast majority of teachers. This year has seen the stepping‐up of the campaign against corporal punishment…
Berkeley 1969
David FletcherStudent unrest at the London School of Economics and elsewhere has hit the headlines in Britain in recent months but the extent of the trouble and the depth of feeling involved…
View
Edward BoyleI wrote, in my May contribution to Technical Education, that I did not see any escape from the pressure of rising numbers seeking places in higher education. And I thought the…
COMMENT
Gordon BennettAfter every teachers' conference I am depressed by the conservatism of the profession that makes educational progress so difficult. Much of this conservatism derives from fear and…
Focus
Bruce KembleThe ATTI decided at their annual Conference at Torquay to back their pay claim with the threat of strike action. This is the first time in the 65 years history of the Union that…
Gallery
James RenderWe are precious few in number. Naturally the editor of this worthy journal counts; playing it safe, so I am sure do most of its readers. To play it even safer I had better include…
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