Curriculum for pupils of twelve to fifteen years : (advanced division).

Date:
1931
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Curriculum for pupils of twelve to fifteen years : (advanced division). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the experiment the instruction had perforce to be concluded in one complete school year, the first- and second-year pupils of the Advanced Division being combined for this purpose. ‘The subject could, however, be spread over a longer period, if so desired. A minimum of three hours’ instruction per week is required to accomplish the work in a school year. The course was originally intended for girls, to be taken along with Dairy Science and Cookery, to form a group of subjects to be termed Rural and Domestic Science. The subject is equally suitable for boys, however, and could be similarly grouped with other Rural Science subjects in keeping with their after-school requirements. There is an abundance of material available for the teaching of Poultry Science. Live fowls are easily obtainable from the children’s homes or from farms in the vicinity, as are also the necessary anatomical speci- mens. Poultry-houses and appliances can be examined — at neighbouring farms or in the school poultry-run ; and the principles involved in their structure and use can also be taught from models and diagrams. Most of the apparatus required for simple bench experiments and demonstrations can be made by the pupils, and the necessary chemical apparatus and reagents can be obtained at small cost. A school poultry-pen would be required to provide live fowls of different breeds and types, appliances and other poultry material as teaching specimens, where these are not otherwise available. The aim of Poultry Science is to give the pupils a greater interest in their school work by