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THE claims of Physical Science, on à priori grounds, to a fair place in the course of school work, have been abundantly vindicated, and are, I suppose, established. But the method and details of its teaching, the books and apparatus which it requires, and the amount of time which must be given to it, are points which can be decided only by experiment, and have not yet been decided at all. I cannot premise too distinctly that the aim of this paper is practical. Of the necessity for teaching science to their boys many good schoolmasters are convinced; as regards the machinery by which it is to be taught, they mostly confess their ignorance, and cry aloud for guidance. In my own school it has been taught systematically for the last five years, and I offer the fruit of this experience, very humbly, to all who are interested in Education.
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TUCKWELL, W. Science-Teaching in Schools. Nature 1, 18–20 (1869). https://doi.org/10.1038/001018d0
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