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NOT the least significant feature of the third report of the Committee appointed by the British Association to consider the Educational Training of Boys and Girls for Overseas Life, presented at the Oxford meeting, is the emphasis which is laid upon the social importance of agricultural and other practical studies. The Committee rightly states that the intellectual and cultural aspects of practical studies are too often overlooked or regarded with contempt by educational authorities who fail to appreciate the clearer vision which accompanies contact with reality and the greater interest which practical work, even if vocational in aim, arouses in the pupils themselves. As Mr. H. W. Cousins aptly remarked, in the discussion on the report, the purpose of education should be to create an interest in doing things, not in merely talking about them, a sentiment which was warmly applauded by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who was present.
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Educational Training for Overseas Life. Nature 118, 253–255 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118253a0
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