{"product_id":"h-e-armstrong-and-the-teaching-of-science-1880-1930-paperback-9780521169417","title":"H. E. Armstrong and the Teaching of Science 1880–1930 (Paperback) 9780521169417","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eH. E. Armstrong and the Teaching of Science 1880–1930\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1973 book contains a selection of the educational writings of H. E. Armstrong, edited with a full introduction by W. H. Brock.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eW. H. Brock (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521169417, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 March 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e174 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 1 cm, 0.2 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1973, this is a selection of the educational writings of H. E. Armstrong, edited with a full introduction by W. H. Brock. Henry Armstrong (1848–1937) was a controversial and energetic publicist for reforms in science teaching and curricula. He was concerned to make teaching at all levels less didactic and authoritarian, more practical and experimental; where possible a student should be prompted by his own curiosity, and should learn things first hand. He called his approach 'heuristic' - meaning learning through discovery - and sought to establish it through public platforms like the British Association, schools and through his own training of teachers. In his introduction Dr Brock offers a historical critique of Dr Armstrong's methods and achievements, and considers to what extent he can be seen as a progenitor of subsequent curriculum reforms.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNote on the selections\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Editor's introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Our need to honour Huxley's will (1933)\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the teaching of Natural Science as a part of the Ordinary School Course and on the method of teaching Chemistry on the Introductory Courses in Science Classes, Schools and Colleges (1884)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Suggestions for a course of elementary instruction in Physical Science (1889)\u003cbr\u003e 4. The aims and practice of teaching Chemistry (1897)\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Heuristic method of teaching or The art of making children discover things for themselves. A chapter in the History of English Schools (1898)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mosely Educational Commission (1904)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sanderson of Oundle. The fundamental problems of school policy and the cult of the turned up trouser hem (1924)\u003cbr\u003e Notes to introduction\u003cbr\u003e Notes to texts\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913323733272,"sku":"9780521169417","price":28.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521169417i_c07dc5b0-32ed-4911-9916-41d35869f40a.jpg?v=1691372904","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/h-e-armstrong-and-the-teaching-of-science-1880-1930-paperback-9780521169417","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}