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MR. SHELTON'S book is written chiefly in support of a detailed syllabus of general science, which he has arranged in the form of topics, and it may be said at once that the syllabus is a good one. He himself seems to be in no doubt about it, for he writes: "To those who desire to found a course of general science, it can be said quite simply and clearly: Here it is for the first time in a simple, intelligible and coherent form". Mr. Shelton is severely critical of all other syllabuses of general science, especially those which have recently been compiled by the Science Masters' Association. He seems, however, to have misunderstood their aim, which was not to mark the end of thought, but to display a content of teaching material which masters could employ in arranging their own schemes of work. For this purpose, the form in which the S.M.A. printed its material is more useful than Mr. Shelton's, since it can be adapted more easily to special circumstances.
The Theory and Practice of General Science
H. S.
Shelton
By. Pp. 123. (London: Thomas Murby and Co., 1939.) 3s. 6d. net.
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[Short Reviews]. Nature 145, 297 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145297c0
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