Brian MacArthur, education correspondent of The Times, reviews the month's news in education
A monthly column in which Brian MacArthur, Education Correspondents of The Times, reviews the month's news in education.
A monthly column in which Brian MacArthur, Education Correspondent of The Times, reviews the month's news in education.
A monthly column in which Brian MacArthur, Education Correspondent of The Times, reviews the month's news in education.
A monthly column in which Brian MacArthur, Education Correspondent of The Times, reviews the month's news in education.
A monthly column in which Brian Mac‐Arthur, Education Correspondent of The Times, reviews the month's news in education.
During Brian MacArthur's absence in the USA, David Fletcher of the Daily Telegraph takes over this column.
It has been the month of the Conferences, especially of the National Union of Teachers, the National Association of Schoolmasters and the National Union of Students. All have…
Abstract
It has been the month of the Conferences, especially of the National Union of Teachers, the National Association of Schoolmasters and the National Union of Students. All have paraded themselves, warts and all, for public inspection; an inspection, in some instances, that would have been best denied. It has also seen the demise of Mr Gordon Walker, the arrival of Mr Short; and the new book on the Risinghill affair.
Although teachers are understandably dubious about it, an Education Minister has at last announced action against oversize classes. A new government circular has told education…
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Although teachers are understandably dubious about it, an Education Minister has at last announced action against oversize classes. A new government circular has told education authorities that a situation where pupils are taught by a single teacher for a large part of the week in a group of 40 or more, or 30 or more in a nursery class, should not be tolerated a moment longer than is unavoidable.
As predicted in this column only a month or two ago, the great debate about university entrance and the sixth form curriculum is gathering steam. At the end of last month, after a…
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As predicted in this column only a month or two ago, the great debate about university entrance and the sixth form curriculum is gathering steam. At the end of last month, after a meeting of the Standing Conference on University Entrance, universities announced that they were in favour of ‘an early start with experimental curricula, aimed at the gradual introduction of reforms’.