TEACHING GEOGRAPHY
The British Ship Adoption Society, quietly launched three months ago “to assist the teaching of geography in schools,” has already become a national scheme Covering the whole of the British Isles.
It is a unique idea due to the collaboration of shipowners and education authorities, and so successful is it proving that the I. I don. .County Council have promised an annual grant of £2OO provided that 100 London schools are admitted as members. The whole scheme is based on the
voluntary co-operation of ships’ masters
or captains, who are put into touch with the society through their owners, and given the opportunity of choosing some school with a personal interest. Once tho “adoption” is effected there is a constant interchange of letters between ship and school, and the knowledge acquired is wide and varied. This includes first-hand information of the ships, the origin and destination of their cargoes, and their use in industry, the lands visited, their peoples and their customs.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 236, 6 October 1936, Page 10
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164TEACHING GEOGRAPHY Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 236, 6 October 1936, Page 10
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