Nature Volume 108 (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...by the individual himself; but the boy needed advice; and, helpful as they might be, neither teachers nor parents were entirely adequate to supply that advice because they themselves were without detailed knowledge of industrial requirements. Expert advice, therefore, was essential. Here once more was evident the need for a national institute of vocational psychology, though, even in the work of such an institute, the co-operation of the teacher and of the education authority still remained indispensable. Miss L. Grier (principal-elect of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford) was one of the few speakers who explicitly urged the importance of direct vocational training in addition to general vocational testing. It was apparently her view that, after we had discovered what the boy was suitable for, we should attempt to teach him and train him somewhat more specifically upon those lines. In giving this training, the question as between the factory and the school, she believed, was no longer contused by the old distinction between useful and useless knowledge. The' idea that knowledge that was useful ceased to be educational was now exploded. The special institu tions that existed for giving training in particular subjects should now be able to supply excellent apparatus and specialised teachers for the purpose. Unfortunately, however, too often these institutions were crippled in their finances. Prof. Reid, of Aberdeen, urged that the responsibility of training was at present thrown too exclusively upon the schools. Speakers had argued for industrialising education. He wished to argue for educationalising industry. And he thought that a hopeful change in this direction might be anticipated if the spirit of the older and smaller industries could be got into the big indus...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...by the individual himself; but the boy needed advice; and, helpful as they might be, neither teachers nor parents were entirely adequate to supply that advice because they themselves were without detailed knowledge of industrial requirements. Expert advice, therefore, was essential. Here once more was evident the need for a national institute of vocational psychology, though, even in the work of such an institute, the co-operation of the teacher and of the education authority still remained indispensable. Miss L. Grier (principal-elect of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford) was one of the few speakers who explicitly urged the importance of direct vocational training in addition to general vocational testing. It was apparently her view that, after we had discovered what the boy was suitable for, we should attempt to teach him and train him somewhat more specifically upon those lines. In giving this training, the question as between the factory and the school, she believed, was no longer contused by the old distinction between useful and useless knowledge. The' idea that knowledge that was useful ceased to be educational was now exploded. The special institu tions that existed for giving training in particular subjects should now be able to supply excellent apparatus and specialised teachers for the purpose. Unfortunately, however, too often these institutions were crippled in their finances. Prof. Reid, of Aberdeen, urged that the responsibility of training was at present thrown too exclusively upon the schools. Speakers had argued for industrialising education. He wished to argue for educationalising industry. And he thought that a hopeful change in this direction might be anticipated if the spirit of the older and smaller industries could be got into the big indus...

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Rarebooksclub.com

Country of origin

United States

Release date

May 2012

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First published

May 2012

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Dimensions

246 x 189 x 33mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

646

ISBN-13

978-1-231-11875-7

Barcode

9781231118757

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1-231-11875-X



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