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Teaching methods
When the Staff College is set up it is to be hoped that methods of instruction in technical colleges will not be completely ignored as a subject for discussion. The very nature of…
Crowther, Industry and the County Colleges … 1
A. MacLennanHaving discussed in our February issue those sections of the Crowther Report which deal directly with the technical colleges and their work, the author turns now to the Report's…
The Teaching of Organic Chemistry
Brian A. FoxIn spite of the great advances made during the last thirty years or so in the understanding of organic chemistry, the teaching of the subject, at least at an elementary level, has…
A Revised Commercial Apprentice Training Scheme
W. Field, B.Sc.Econ.A review of the scheme of Commercial Apprentice Training which has been operated during the past five years at the Yorkshire Copper Works, and an outline of the reasons for the…
Progress Report Number 5: Getting Things Done
John WellensTHE MOST frequently‐canvassed solution to the problem of the bulge is to persuade companies to increase their intake of craft apprentices independently of the need for them; the…
The Development of Work Study in Building and Civil Engineering … 2
T.E.A.K. JacksonWork study originated as an attempt to increase efficiency in a highly circumscribed sector of the total activities of a productive unit. It was very limited in its field of…
Semi‐skilled Apprenticeship in Practice
John Wellens describes the Sugar House Apprenticeship Scheme inaugurated recently by Tate and Lyle Ltd (Thames Refinery). The movment towards ‘semi‐skilled apprenticeships’, of…
Rivet and Weld Systems —a review of their educational value
G. PallettThe design of simple riveted joints has held a place, for longer than most of us can remember, in the early mechanics courses of the ONC. It provides useful examples of shearing…
Visual aids
A regular feature giving news and comments on events and productions in the field of visual aids for technical and scientific teaching and training
Notes and News: CONFERENCE ON CR0WTHER
Ministry Project at Preston. Work has started on one of the major projects in the Government's £160 million technical education expansion programme. Extensions costing £650,000…
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