ON TEACHING CHEMISTRY. 



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Evening schools : 



Chemistry as a science subject (under South Kensington). 



Probably not less than 1,000 pupils are receiving instruction in 

 chemistry in these public elementary schools. 



The teaching is in higher-grade schools, and also by means of peri- 

 patetic demonstrators. 



There is laboratory accommodation provided by the Manchester 

 School Board for 184 students ; by the Salford Board for 70. 



IV. Chemistry in the grant-earning puhlic schools of Scotland.^ 



So far as science teaching is concerned, the provisions of the Scottish 

 Education Code are similar to those of the English Code. 



Very little ' elementary science ' appears to be taught, and in chemis- 

 try, as a specific subject, only 350 scholars obtained grants in 1888-9. 



A considerable amount of teaching is done in connection with South 

 Kensington, but I have been unable to obtain exact statistics. 



There are no higher-grade Board schools in Scotland, as the Scotch 

 School Boards have the control of many old-established secondary 

 schools, such as the High Schools of Edinburgh and Glasgow. In some 

 of these efficient instruction is given in special sciences. 



The Technical Education (Scotland) Act of 1887 is so far a dead 

 letter. 



V, Teachers of chemistry in public elementary schools and their 



training. 



The following classes of teachers are recognised by the Education 

 Department : — 



Pupil teachers, assistant teachers, provisionally certificated teachers, 

 certificated teachers, teachers of evening schools, and, by the Science and 

 Art Department, science teachers. 



It has already been stated that teachers of ' elementary science ' in 

 the first four standards need not have passed any examination in science, 

 nor are the inspectors enjoined to inquire particularly into the previous 

 training of such teachers. 



As to chemistry as a specific subject, the inspectors are instructed 

 that it will be desirable for them to ascertain that the teacher has given 

 proof of his fitness to teach by having acquitted himself creditably at a 

 training college or at some other public examination. 



The chemistry teaching in training colleges^ is under the regulations 

 of South Kensington. The students, unless possessing previous know- 



' I am indebted to Professor Carnelly for information on this subject. 

 * I.e., colleges for teachers in public elementary schools only. 



