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THE SCHOOL‐LEAVING AGE
Not unexpectedly certain correspondents have taken exception to our suggestion that this country will be doing a grave disservice to many boys and girls in secondary modern…
Notes and News: DAY RELEASE DEPRESSION
Sir Edward Boyle, Minister of Education, accompanied by Mr Christopher Chataway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry, met representatives of national industrial organisations…
THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY
I.C. WilliamsWill it be the language laboratory that finally helps the English overcome their shyness about speaking foreign languages? Or is our linguistic laziness too deeply ingrained?
DISCUSSION: “DUCKS INTO SWANS”
T. WhelanTHE EDITORIAL comment in the July issue of TECHNICAL EDUCATION should not be allowed to pass unchallenged. The conclusions drawn from the evidence submitted by the Association of…
‘Mathematical Reforms in Technology’
W.M. BrookesIt is a pity that, in an article subscribing to the very necessary view that mathematics in use must be made real, Mr Conway falls into the all too common error of condemning…
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE: AIDING CAREERS DECISIONS
N. SofterFifth‐formers have found Vauxhall's one‐week preview of life and work in industry a real help in forming their ideas about jobs. The scheme has now been extended to sixth‐formers…
THE PRACTICE OF TEACHING
J. DanielianIf these hints and tips about how to teach leave you smiling or seething, then they weren't really intended for you anyway. But spare a thought for the poor chap who can only try…
CONDITIONS OF TENURE AND SERVICE
W.A.G. EastonIf you have been taking a close personal interest in the previous articles in this series the chances are that it was because you were going to be a full‐time teacher. If all has…
BBC Technical College Programmes
Geoffrey HallDURING THE past few months some hundreds of lecturers in Technical Colleges and Colleges of Further Education throughout the country have been invited to give their views on two…
USSR TECHNICAL TEACHER TRAINING
J. LongdenIf you have come into technical teaching in the olde worlde British way, it may come as a bit of a shock to learn what your opposite number in Russia will have gone through …
TRAINING: WHAT IS REQUIRED?
Jean F. RossiterDeciding the training needs of new employees and ensuring that these needs are met — this forms the main subject of this article. With existing staff there are other…
HEAD TEACHERS ON APPRENTICESHIP
The speech by Dr T. Harper Smith, Headmaster of St Mark's Church of England School, London, aroused considerable interest at and beyond the June conference of the National…
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
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