Citation
(2008), "Research news – 1958", Education + Training, Vol. 50 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/et.2008.00450aab.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Research news – 1958
This section of “Research news” contains news published in the first issue in 1958 and news from the present day. We hope this will serve to illustrate just how much the education and training field has developed over the 50 year lifespan of Education + Training.
Research news – 1958
Teachers’ qualifications
Kent Education Committee plans to improve the qualifications of its teachers by sending to Medway College of Technology 16 science and mathematics teachers. They will follow courses for the London BSc external degree.
Progress in the teaching of Russian
Manchester Education Committee has instructed the Director of Education to consult grammar school headteachers on the possibility of including Russian in the curriculum of at least one Manchester school.
The BBC, it is understood, will be introducing a broadcast Russian course on Network Three in the Autumn. It is to be hoped that the Radio Times with its enormous circulation will be used to ensure that one of the chief deterrents from approaching Russian, the difficulties of the Cyrillic alphabet, will be removed, as it quite easily can be, for the largest number of people. Russian vocabulary probably comes closest to our own in scientific and technical subjects and, to put it mildly, some emphasis on these subjects would have more topical interest and practical value than preoccupation with tourist problems and general interest lessons.
Apprentice exchange between UK and USA
A proposal has come from the United States that apprentices in British and American industry should change places for short periods. The scheme is being examined by the English-Speaking Union.
The exchange of technical college teachers is to start next year under the auspices of the Union. This was foreshadowed by the Duke of Edinburgh when he spoke to the World Conference of Branches of the ESU in Ottawa last year. It is understood that the scheme will initially be on a small scale.