Table of contents
Trends in the Employment of Women in Industry
Kathleen OllerenshawWhy are there so few trained women working in industry today? This is an age in which we need to make use of all the talent we have. It is an age of opportunity, both for new and…
Background to the Teaching of Industrial Crafts
W.M. MacqueenMr Macqueen proceeds from a description of the problems which industry and society in general create for those learning and teaching industrial crafts to some useful suggestions…
Technical Courses in Secondary Modern Schools
P.G. AdamsMr Adams continues the discussion introduced by Mr Howard's article in our first issue by examining the place which technical subjects can have in the secondary modern school…
Problems of apprenticeship — 2: Selecting Apprentices
T.H. HawkinsThe changed attitude towards the training of apprentices since the war has also led to a ‘new look’ at their selection. In the same way that Binet and Simon caused educationists…
Vitalising Mathematical Teaching
L.J. AdamsSome of the wide range of visual aids used in the Mathematics department at Doncaster are illustrated and described. The author stresses the importance of finish in teaching…
Supervision of Student Training
J. MartinWhat is the ‘uncle’ system and what value has it in apprentice training? The author notes its contribution to the successful supervision of the industrial part of a sandwich…
Technical Education in New South Wales — and Great Britain
J.F.D. WoodProfessor Wood was recently on sabbatical leave visiting university engineering schools and colleges of technology in the United Kingdom and on the Continent to study mechanical…
‘Technology and the Academics’: A commentary on Sir Eric Ashby's recent book
D.R.O. ThomasMr Thomas, who is a member of the FBI Education Committee, chairman of the FBI Technical Colleges Committee, member of the BISF Training Committee, and of the West Riding and…
Teaching the Theory of 1st and 3rd Angle Orthographic Projection
A.D. HowarthLast month Mr Macqueen's article dealt generally with solid geometry and industrial drawing. In the present article Mr Howarth, who is a member of the SBAC Committee on the…
A Course for Careers Teachers
K.A. Baird“I'm doing nothing for the war effort” answered the famous artist in the First World War — “I'm part of the civilisation you're fighting to defend.” There are some teachers in…
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