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THE publication of a communication from Mr. A. G. Lowndes, formerly biology master at Marlborough College, on page 863 of this issue raises a problem which has for long exercised heads of schools and administrators: the problem is whether the money spent on science laboratories and their equipment is justified by the results achieved, especially in the teaching of biological science. Essentially this problem resolves itself into two parts: first, what is the aim of science teaching, and secondly, how may this aim be best achieved?
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Practical Science in Schools. Nature 145, 835–836 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145835a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145835a0