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Encyclopedia > 1869 in science

The year 1869 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed


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Science-Teaching in Schools : Nature (2134 words)
THE claims of Physical Science, on a priori grounds, to a fair place in the course of school work, have been abundantly vindicated, and are, I suppose, established.
Of the necessity for teaching science to their boys many good schoolmasters are convinced; as regards the machinery by which it is to be taught, they mostly confess their ignorance, and cry aloud for guidance.
That all head-masters should have such knowledge is a fact which, if science is to be taught at all, trustees and governing bodies must come to recognise before long: meanwhile every school which teachers science thoroughly is training skilled teachers for a not distant generation.
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