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THOUGH the new Section of the British Assocation was only appointed for a year, the success of the moetings at Glasgow was of so decided a character that the Section will probably become a permanent part of the Association. It can scarcely be said at present that an educational science exists, but the statement of methods and results, and the discussion of the relationships between principles and practice, apart from all political considerations, should do something to organise the conclusions of people who have given serious attention to educational problems. The Section will exert the greatest influence in connection with scientific studies; and there is no reason why it should not lead to improvements in methods of teaching as valuable as those which have been produced by the scheme for a course of work in chemistry, drawn up by Dr. H. E. Armstrong for the British Association Committee on the methods of teaching chemistry. It is not too much to say that this scheme started a revolution which gathers strength every day. The system of science instruction by didactic methods still exists in places, but only because the machinery for carrying on the work on more rational principles has not been obtained. Wherever the object is education, the methods of research have been introduced, and it is recognisd that real scientific knowledge can only be gained by individual experience.
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Educational Science at the British Association . Nature 64, 591–593 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064591a0
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