RADIO IN SCHOOLS

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 11, 30 September 1927, Page 4

RADIO IN SCHOOLS

RECOMMENDED IN ENGLAND. Latcly, in Kngland, a committee of schoolmasters has been investigating, under the auspices of the National Association of Schoolmasters (Great Bri- | tain) the question of wireless in its relation to teaching. They recommend, after taking evidence and making a thorough investigation, as follows :- 1. (a) Schoois should be provided with approved receiving sets with londspeakers, which should constitute part of the school equipment. (b) An engineer should be employed by the local education authority for the maintenance of sehocl receiving sets. (2) There shouli be a body set np under the joint auspices of the British Broadcasting Corporation and the local education authorities of each broade sting areca for the purpose of advising in the selection of personne] and matter, and to interpret and transmit to the effective staff current ideals in education. 8. Broadcasting, in its employment as a method in primary education, should he confined to the following snbjects :- Music and singing, recitation, moral and religious instruction, drama, history, ‘geography, and science.