Science progress. 



No. 23. January, 1896. Vol. IV. 



THE PLACE OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION. 1 



THE address on Art Tuition delivered here a fortnight 

 ago by Professor Herkomer — which I trust many 

 of you had the advantage of listening to — was full of 

 wise counsel, which cannot fail to be of value to those 

 who study it ; the more so as Professor Herkomer is not 

 only himself an artist of wide and varied experience, highly 

 gifted with originality, but also an experienced teacher, and 

 is therefore better able to advise than are most other artists. 

 For, after all, only the competent teacher is fully aware of 

 the difficulties which beset the path of the student. 



But no advice given by Professor Herkomer was 

 equal in importance to his opening statement — which was 

 subsequently confirmed by members of the governing body 



1 The editor has been good enough to regard the following article as 

 of sufficient interest to warrant its insertion, distinctly with the object of 

 showing that it is desired to deal with subjects likely to attract public 

 attention, so as to interest a wider circle of readers in " Science Pro- 

 gress". I have gladly accepted his hospitality, as I believe it to be of 

 the utmost importance to interest scientific workers as well as the public in 

 questions such as I raise. Unless we are prepared to throw ourselves 

 more into such work, there is little probability that the teaching of scien- 

 tific method will gain that popular recognition which the subject im- 

 peratively demands, and which so many of us are persuaded must without 

 delay be accorded to it, if we are to retain any proper measure of national 

 prosperity. It was recently delivered as an address at the Chelsea Poly- 

 technic, and hence it is somewhat egotistical and dogmatic in style ; how- 

 ever, I have thought it undesirable to change the style, desiring to lay as 

 much emphasis as possible on the important issues which are con- 

 sidered. 



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