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TEACHERS do not always regard a visit from H.M. Inspectors as an unmixed blessing, but were any justification of their existence necessary, it might be found in the appearance of such a book as Mr. Westaway's on “Science Teaching”; for here we have the essence of a wide and searching, but kindly, criticism presented to us in such a way that we realise our shortcomings without feeling aggrieved that they have been discovered. The final judgement is, however, by no means unfavourable; Mr. Westaway finds much to praise, even if he is not sparing of censure where he thinks it deserved. The book is consequently one that will be read with interest and profit by the beginner, but with a full appreciation of all its niceties only by the experienced teacher.
Science Teaching: What it Was, What it Is, What it might Be.
By F. W. Westaway. Pp. xxii + 442. (London, Glasgow and Bombay: Blackie and Son, Ltd., 1929.) 10s. 6d. net.
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HOLMYARD, E. Science Teaching: What it Was, What it Is, What it might Be . Nature 124, 436–437 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124436a0
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