EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

The article discusses the nature of secondary science and technology education in Great Britain in the 1960s. The author notes that secondary schools promote specialization in science and technology as a means to prepare students for an undergraduate education and explains the need for either an academic degree or Higher National Certificate to receive professional qualifications in the science and engineering fields. Also addressed are social attitudes towards science and engineering, with the author arguing that the British public holds engineers in lower esteem that scientists The author is also critical of British education policy, as he believes it sets children on a course of study in either science or the arts at too young an age.