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THE POST OF CAREERS MASTER
CAREERS GUIDANCE has in common with the related field of the Youth Service that the easy solutions have been tried and found wanting. The present stage in both fields is…
COMMONWEALTH TECHNICAL TRAINING WEEK — AND AFTER
Major‐General C. LloydIn the United Kingdom we already know that the Commonwealth Technical Training Week has been a success in the sense that the thousands of functions and events arranged nationally…
The New Burnham Main Scales
A special correspondent discusses the possible effects on technical teachers' salaries of the new scales agreed by the Burnham Committee
Technicians and the HNC
Stephen CotgroveIS INDUSTRY making full use of the qualifications of men with an HNC? And are the salaries received commensurate with the considerable efforts and sacrifice of leisure involved in…
Co‐operative Engineering Education in the US
J. Finnigan“The College of Engineering puts the utmost premium on the development of your intellectual powers and your creative imagination, rather than on the learning of information…
Self‐Help in Teacher Training
Peter WalesIT IS NOW accepted that ability to learn a subject does not automatically mean ability to teach it. Teaching contains enough of a skill element to require special training if it…
Computers in Colleges
A brief survey of the principal educational users of computers in Great Britain at present
Luton's Library
I. RogersonA brief description of the library at Luton College of Technology by its original librarian, who left last year to take up a similar post in the Ministry of Education project for…
NEW MOVE IN SOVIET LANGUAGE TEACHING
The Soviet Government finds that although foreign‐language tuition in Russia has improved to some extent in recent years and the foremost schools and colleges have made notable…
A SANDWICH COURSE IN PRINTING TECHNOLOGY & ADMINISTRATION
John WellensA NEW THREE‐YEAR sandwich course in printing, due to start at Twickenham Technical College in October 1961, represents a radical departure from tradition: it is one necessary step…
Demonstration Boards for Electrical Craft Practice
J.O. Paddock, R.A.W. GalvinIT IS generally agreed that practical work has a vital part to play in the training of craft apprentices. While it may be argued that the apprentice has opportunities for learning…
TEACHING METHOD: English for Craft Students — 3
John LynnGREAT STRESS must be placed on oral work in the English syllabus for any craft course. If the students are not engaged in listening and speaking during at least half the time…
Visual aids
A regular feature giving news and comment on events and productions in the field of visual aids for technical and scientific teaching and training
Notes and News
The Industrial Training Council announced on the 30th May 1961 the establishment of regional committees — nine in England, and one each in Scotland and Wales. Their general…
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