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Flashpoint ?
At Hamilton House on 11 July, Sir Ronald Gould fired the first shot in what could be the biggest clash yet on the teaching front. From a date early in September, some 8000 of the…
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: educating chemical engineers and technologists
C. Hanson, J. InghamWhilst existing as a separate country only from the dissolution of the Austro‐Hungarian Empire after the First World War, Czechoslovakia has a long tradition of culture and…
DENMARK: A Scandinavian education system
Frank BaconThe Scandinavian countries — Norway, Sweden, and Denmark — have small populations compared with this country and their educational systems, therefore, tend not to be so…
2 Agriculture
A. WisemanHow important is agricultural education in Denmark? Denmark, a country which at the moment, like the United Kingdom, is going through a difficult period.
NEW YORK: Professor on the picket line¡
Geoffrey Wagner“Professors,” observed Thorstein Veblen in 1918, “refuse to join unions or engage in collective bargaining because of a feeling among them that their salaries are not of the…
AUSTRALIA: Tertiary education
John LeeseIt is much easier for an educational visitor from England to feel at home in the world of technical education than in the primary and secondary sectors, though even here there are…
ZAMBIA — Training in the distributive trades
Roy RitsonIn this article, Roy Ritson, Bookers manager in Zambia, outlines the problems faced by an emerging African state when confronted with a situation in the distributive trades where…
Backwards from Crowther?: Engineering exams since 1961
H.T. Taylor, T. BeaumontThe implementation of the proposals contained in the 1961 White Paper Better Opportunities in Technical Education has led to the now familiar pattern of courses in technical…
Team teaching in further education 4
Jack MansellA concept of teaching organization in which two or more teachers are given the collective responsibility for the teaching of a group of students assigned to them.
ROLLS ROYCE: The selection of craft apprentices
A.C. Pendlebury, K. HardmanSince the war many companies in this country have used psychological tests to help in the selection of apprentices. Unfortunately there is a dearth of evidence to show how…
A training with a difference
Bernard Orna“Now I'd like you to look at these pictures: they tell you a lot. Here, in architecture, we see how building forms have changed down the ages with needs, materials and methods. To…
OUTLINE
Adrian Bristow writes: Sunny Southsea indeed¡ This was the finest spell of weather the annual Summer Meeting of the Association of Technical Institutions has enjoyed for years…
Films
Chris EdmondsThe surest investment in life for a school‐leaver is to learn a skilled trade. This fact is so difficult to put across to disgruntled 15‐year‐olds who, craving freedom and money…
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