SCIENCE AND LEARNING
" The old tradition of discipline for lits own sake, the worship of examinations and the consequent lack of deliberate preparation for life, and the inadequate training of our teachers has made progress difficult. Although much has been done, no other subject is so actively opposed as science. At the educational garden party Latin, mathematics, French, and English are admitted with a smile of welcome, whereas science is regarded as a gatecrasher and asked to present its credentials. Children regard the science of nature lesson as an oasis in a desert of academic dogmatism. It is difficult to discover a particular interest or a natural bent under a curriculum exclusively book ish, and pupils are forced toward ' clean • collar ' jobs. The varied and more natural activities of the workshops, the kitchens and laboratories set boys and girls thinking of caveers other than clerical." —Mr W. M. Heller, at the British Association.
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Waipa Post, Volume 45, Issue 3253, 10 November 1932, Page 6
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153SCIENCE AND LEARNING Waipa Post, Volume 45, Issue 3253, 10 November 1932, Page 6
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