... universities, and indeed in some quarters it seems to be held that the chief duty of a schoolmaster, and the best test of his efficiency, is to make his boys get scholarships. The preparation for the scholarship too often means that about two years... The Observatory - Page 3431909Full view - About this book
| 1909 - 720 pages
...his boys get scholarships. The preparation for the scholarship too often means that about twoyears before the examination the boy begins to specialize,...begin. How has this training fitted him for this work? The premature specialization fostered by the preparation for these scholarships injures the student... | |
| Canada. Royal Commission on Industrial Training and Technical Education - 1913 - 658 pages
...scholarship too often means that about two years before the examination the boy begins to specialise, and from the age of sixteen does little else than...subject before he takes his degree, when his real life work ought to begin. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 191d How has this training fitted him for this work?... | |
| Bernard Hollander - 1916 - 266 pages
...sixteen does little else than the particular subject, be it mathematics, classics, or natural science ; then on entering the University, he spends three or...his degree, when his real life-work ought to begin. The premature specialisation fostered by the preparation for these scholarships injures the student... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1910 - 1114 pages
...scholarship too often means that about two years before the examination the boy begins to specialise, and from the age of sixteen does little else than...begin. How has this training fitted him for this work? 1 will take the case in which the system might perhaps be expected to show to greatest advantage, when... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1909 - 1088 pages
...scholarship too often means that about two years before the examination the boy begins to specialise, and from the age of sixteen does little else than...begin. How has this training fitted him for this work? 1 will take the case in which the system might perhaps be expected to show to greatest advantage, when... | |
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