Education + Training: Volume 13 Issue 9

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CORRESPONDENCE COURSES—1: Learning by Letter

Paul Glaister

A survey of the educational problems of the widely used but little known world of correspondence education, by Paul Glaister, Director of Course Development of Crowell Collier and…

CORRESPONDENCE COURSES—2: Second chance for the second chance

Alan Munton

The National Extension College, whose correspondence courses can provide a second chance to those who missed out on their education earlier in their careers, has been…

ADULT EDUCATION —I: THE USES OF WORKING CLASS CULTURE

Tom Lovett

Tutors in a working class community need an awareness of working class culture as well as their professional skills. Radio Merseyside has assisted with programmes that combine…

ADULT EDUCATION—2: WHO ARE THE MATURE STUDENTS AND WHAT DO THEY NEED?

Maureen O'Connor

With the image of students as long‐haired, revolutionary and immature as it is, it is difficult to remember that they include amongst their number a small proportion of a less…

Liberty, equality and virement

Michael Locke

What will be the effect of the reforms now being introduced in college government? Michael Locke, Research Associate in College Government, Centre for Institutional Studies, North…

Northern Ireland: Between Brothers

Peppy Barlow

The technical colleges in Northern Ireland are finding an opportunity to develop in the area between school level‐work (with which many of them were until recently involved) and…

TOWARDS CONTROL BY INDUSTRY: K.F. Welch reviews the work of the ITBs and suggests industry run its own FE colleges

K.F. Welch

A college lecturer looks at the delicate problem of the relations between the training boards and the colleges.

Teaching the spark ignition engine

M.A. Plint

A proper understanding of the principles of the spark ignition engine must include an appreciation of the effect of variation in compression ratio; a practical difficulty in…

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ISSN:

0040-0912

Online date, start – end:

1959

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr Martin McCracken