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Sanctions
“There are other day‐to‐day administrative chores, however, which may seem at first sight to be relatively unimportant when viewed against the general picture of education today…
CAREERS 1: The hospital service
This feature introduces our new careers series in which we seek to record our impressions of certain careers, after much field work. Some information is given, but readers are…
The gas‐man cometh: Career prospects in the gas industry
Eric FordAlthough every industry faces serious training problems, few have so many urgent decisions to make as the gas industry — which not only has to absorb the new training philosophies…
TEAM TEACHING IN FURTHER EDUCATION: 5 student performance
Jack Mansellany teaching method must be acceptable to the students, who should feel that it is right for them and consequently have no antagonism towards the method. Any such antagonism would…
A new approach to teacher training
A well‐known educationist, under a necessary cloak of anonymity, examines closely the position of the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions regarding teacher training…
In‐service training: A staff development programme
D. BaileyThe purpose of this article is to outline a scheme for staff development which it is hoped will make some contribution to improving the effectiveness of teaching and also to…
From grundskolan to gymnasium: Education reform in Sweden
Frank BaconUntil recently in Sweden there were seven years of compulsory schooling, commencing at the age of six, with opportunities for a voluntary additional year. There was also a…
School science: A series of three short pieces 1 — photographing chemical explosions
R. EdwardsThe camera is a most useful tool in the hands of the industrial and research chemist, but its use as a teaching aid in the school chemistry laboratory has hardly been exploited…
COMMENT: Cabinet re‐shuffle
Benedict ArnoldWhen Sir David Eccles went from the post of Minister of Education to the Presidency of the Board of Trade he was generally congratulated on his promotion. Subsequently he left the…
Films
Chris EdmondsA new topical film, already attracting a lot of attention, is North Sea Strike (col, 21 min), the dramatic Esso story about natural gas. Until recently, the North Sea was good…
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