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A NATIONAL POLICY ON TRAINING
THIS IS the stage at which the Minister of Labour is consulting the bodies with responsibilities in the field of training. These bodies have now had time to consider the White…
Notes and News
The news that Mr Antony Part is being transferred to another Ministry has caused some astonishment and concern in education and training circles. That his experience and knowledge…
Image of the Technologist
D.W. HutchingsA recent Oxford University survey has shown that there is some basis in fact for the widely‐held assumption that, in general, only the less able grammar school boys choose to take…
PARLIAMENTARY REPORT: THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE ON TRAINING IN INDUSTRY
THE COMMONS have unanimously approved a Motion welcoming the Government's proposals for improving industrial training outlined in the recent White Paper. It also urged an…
PROGRAMMED LEARNING INTEGRATION: Part I
F. Paul ThomsonHARD ON the heels of the research worker probing the boundaries of the unknown, or thrusting back the barriers of prejudice and ignorance, comes the teacher who has to assimilate…
The White Paper on Industrial Training — a closer analysis
John WellensIn the January issue Mr Wellens presented an interpretation of the Government Proposals on industrial training. This month he takes a closer critical look at what many people…
PLUMBERS… and their Technical Education
R.J. ClarkIT ONLY takes a cold snap to find us all looking for the golden boy of building — the plumber — the man who can wipe a joint or a patch, or mend a pipe just well enough to last…
KEEP TRAINING ON THE GROUND
Keith R. AllenWE HEAR a lot today about getting training off the ground, as though it were some kind of rocket. Better training, however, seldom leaves the ground. It is based on painstaking…
‘The Hurdle of the 18+’
H.G. HammondCONGRATULATIONS ON Comment in the December issue of Technical Education, particularly the item ‘The Hurdle of the 18‐plus’. I have no doubt your journal enjoys wide circulation…
PRACTICAL WORK: IN THE NEW ENGINEERING COURSES … 4
J. LongdenBEFORE DISCUSSING the treatment of the various subjects in a course, one must look closely at the purposes for which the course was designed, at the course's structure, and at the…
UNSOUND QUESTIONS IN GCE PHYSICS EXAMINATIONS … 1
J.W. WarrenIT HAS BEEN shown elsewhere that very many incorrect or absurd ideas are taught by textbooks of physics used in preparation for GCE examinations. The present article discusses…
Visual aids
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