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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OFFICERS
So many important topics were raised in the House of Commons debate on 30th June when Mr Austen Albu made a major speech on the training of apprentices that it is difficult to…
The Anderson Report — and the Schools
John WellensIn this country it is a mark of the Education Acts and other educational reforms that their by‐products have often proved more significant than the direct changes.
THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE LIBRARY: Problems of Inauguration
J.A. DeardenTHE SPEED at which technical colleges are paying heed to the exhortations of Circular 322, issued by the Ministry of Education in April 1957, varies throughout the country…
Systematic Training in a Craft Skill — the designing and introduction of a new training scheme, and an evaluation of its results
B.J. Spencer, J.W. HumbleWORSTED CLOTH has been produced for generations in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and over a period of years the production processes have become more mechanised and more…
Progress Report Number 9: The Writing on the Wall
John WellensAn analysis of recent trends in juvenile employment and their significance to the bulge
Speaking Foreign Languages: — 2. The Audio‐Visual Method
P. NewarkThe present popular expression of the movement in favour of oral work at the expense of written takes the form of audio‐visual aids, which are now receiving much publicity, both…
Computer Training Equipment — an approach to the economic and educational problems of computer teaching
D.M. MelluishTHE STEADY increase in the number of electronic digital and analogue computers used in industry for scientific and commercial work has stimulated a demand for education in the…
Apprenticeship Week in Action: A note from a correspondent describing the organisation and impact of Apprenticeship Weeks in Australia
IT WAS AS a result of visiting Australia and seeing the Apprenticeship Week celebrations there that the Duke of Edinburgh suggested the Commonwealth Technical Training Week, which…
TEACHING TOPICS: More Experiments with Electrical Resistance Strain Gauges
H.B. DaleThick cylinder. This experiment is designed to confirm the usual Lamé theory for thick cylinders subjected to internal pressure.
An Introductory Course on Electrical Floor Heating
J.R. HunterTHE OBJECT of the introductory course described here is to give students an appreciation of the finer points of floor heating and some understanding of the many considerations…
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: THE EDUCATION SERVICE AND TRAINING FOR INDUSTRY
SIR DAVID ECCLES Minister of Education, in a Circular sent to all LEA's, suggests ways in which the education service can co‐operate with industry in providing increased…
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