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AT a meeting on April 5, the Geologists' Association held a discussion on “Geology in Schools”. The weight of opinion seemed to be that geology, at any rate up to the higher certificate stage, should usually be worked in as a side-line rather than included as such in a syllabus, but that much more should be done in this way than at present. The Association is peculiarly fitted to discuss such a proposition, since it includes in its membership many to whom the science remains a side-line or hobby. Among those who were present and spoke or had sent in written contributions were headmasters of schools, school teachers of both sexes, museum curators, university teachers and others with practical experience, while among members present were several who are still at school ; one of these last has since sent in an account of the difficulties he encountered when seeking to take geology as a subject for the higher certificate examination: it forms a clear first-hand statement of the position, which needs to be remedied.
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BROMEHEAD, C. GEOLOGY IN SCHOOLS. Nature 157, 573–575 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157573b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157573b0