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First reports go off without a bang
Section 8 of the Industrial Training Act requires every ITB to present an annual report of its activities for each financial year, the report to include a statement of accounts…
Notes and news
Conditions of service in Scottish FE While the wide variations in conditions of service among teachers in Further Education still cause great discontent among some college staffs…
A radiation protection service for schools
D.T. TURNBULLRadioisotopes, nuclear radiations and X‐rays are now used for practical work in many school physics, chemistry and biology departments, and one may expect this type of work to…
The professional training officer
V.T. STEVENSONAmong the many problems posed by the Industrial Training Act is that of the status of those directly concerned with its day‐to‐day implementation in the nation's workshops…
Programmed Learning Techniques
Mrs J.M.D. GEORGE, T. YATESThe letter from Mr Beaumont in your August issue (reference his article in the July edition) raises two distinct questions. Firstly, the standardisation of teaching machines and…
‘The head of department and his work’ — a rejoinder
BERNARD ARMSTRONGDr Brosan's article is to be welcomed on three grounds: it is in itself interesting and illuminating; the subject is of very great importance; and management and organisational…
Teaching the ‘feel’ … at Michelin: 2
JOHN WELLENSThe file is probably the most difficult of all hand‐tools to use; it is certainly the most difficult on which to give effective instruction. It is true that there is only one…
A survey of CCTV equipment for teaching
A.J. BEAUMONTClosed‐circuit television (CCTV) has three specific roles in education:
The Science Masters' Book, Series IV — Part 2: Chemistry
The above book received a notice in your columns, July 1965, page 328, and the first and shorter half of the reviewer's report was of high praise.
Drawing board available
LIONEL HEILBRONNI wish to dispose of an Antiquarian size drawing board with set‐square, for which I have no further use. The board is in good condition, has, of course, pin‐holes, and would be of…
THE XIV INTERNATIONAL APPRENTICE COMPETITION
Britain's total of nine gold medals, five silver, and five bronze, in this year's Training Olympics was a resounding success. Close behind the pleasure this gives is the great…
Visual aids
Have you ever looked at a line of pylons marching across the countryside and wondered — how do they get the wires up there? If so, then you should see The Linesmen (b & w, 20…
DESIGNED FOR TEACHING: The Millikan oil drop
C.A. MerryLearning physics at school is likely to be a much more exciting process than it used to be. Not only are syllabuses becoming more appropriate to the atomic age, but apparatus is…
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