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I'M A FAILURE
“It must be remembered that many boys and girls from ‘B’ and ‘C’ streams in secondary modern schools have a history of failure in the educational system. It is not only that they…
Notes and News: ATTI ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The outstanding speech of the 53rd Annual Conference of the ATTI at Bournemouth during the Whitsun weekend was the Presidential Address of Mr Eric E. Robinson who is the youngest…
THE ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND
Jean F. RossiterOne may expect a teacher to teach and a Youth Employment Officer or Careers master to guide and advise. But, as the author shows, an ETO in industry may spend little or none of…
MATHEMATICAL REFORMS IN TECHNOLOGY
D.E. ConwayThe engineer who fights shy of mathematics — and jettisons as much of it as he decently can when his course is over — is scarcely the thinking technologist one would like to see…
WORK, HEAT, ENERGY AND THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
A.C. WalshawThere is much confusion and misunderstanding among students regarding the meaning and use of the word ‘heat’ in the subject of heat engines and applied thermo‐dynamics, and much…
USSR CRAFT AND TECHNICAL TRAINING — 2
J. LongdenMr Longden continues his series with a brief study of two aspects of the technical and vocational school programme: technical theory and political and liberal education. The main…
TEACHERS FROM INDUSTRY … 3
W.A.G. EastonThis article deals with the work expected of teachers in the different grades, and the qualifications they would normally have. Next month — more on salaries
DISCUSSION WEEKEND: For Students of Science and Technology
J.P. Freyne“The house is still ringing with the excitement of the discussions of your students.” So wrote the Warden of a country house in Surrey, now used as an Adult Education Centre. He…
PRESS TOOL DESIGN — A time‐saving teaching aid
C.J. SwiftThis well thought‐out visual aid is a full‐size model of a standard press tool die‐set. The stages of manufacture are shown with pre‐punched card strips in a ‘live’ sequence.
THE MORSE TEST: Applied to CI engines
V.B. SmithThe determination of IHP by means of the Morse Test is used in most college courses on heat engines and automobile work.
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
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE: YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICERS' CONFERENCE
Various themes were woven into this year's annual conference of the Institute of Youth Employment Officers — Higher Education, the position of girls, experience from overseas…
TEACHING MACHINES
The first official test of the AutoTutor teaching machine in this country has been completed by the RAF. Results show that trainees taught by Auto‐Tutors learned as much as those…
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION
Perkins at Peterborough Closed‐circuit television has been used for the first time for gas turbine instruction at Peterborough Technical College.
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