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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Finch, Ian J.
Titre(s) : General Studies [Texte électronique] : a First Handbook for Technical Students
Publication : Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (169 pages)
Note(s) : Print version record.
General Studies: A First Handbook for Technical Students deals with liberal, general,
social and English studies. This handbook narrates the author's reminiscences of childhood
in a large Welsh industrial town at the beginning of the Great War, about his grandpa,
his first day in school, and the time when he takes his eleven plus test. At Technical
College, he studies mathematics, Workshop Technology, and attends further studies
to become a qualified technician. He explains how not to get lost in a library and
recommends some books that are well worth reading. He finds a job when he reaches
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Autre(s) auteur(s) : Bratchell, D. F.. Fonction indéterminée
Candlin, E. F.. Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Anglais (langue) -- Étude et enseignement (secondaire)
Enseignement technique -- Grande-Bretagne
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780080111056
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44624878k
Notice n° :
FRBNF44624878
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Front Cover; General Studies: A First Handbook for Technical Students; Copyright Page;
Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. WRITING ABOUT ONE'S
SELF; REMINISCENCES OF CHILDHOOD; GRANPA AND THE PIPE; TEACHER'S FLOWERS; A DAY I'LL
REMEMBER; CHAPTER 2. FURTHER EDUCATION; "THERE AIN'T NO EXAM IN IT"; COLD COMFORT
FOR THE TEENAGE TECHNICIAN; CHAPTER 3. LIBRARY WORKSHOP; "ALL THEM BOOKS . . ."; FINDING
YOUR WAY ROUND THE LIBRARY; FINDING OUT INFORMATION; TYPES OF BOOKS IN REFERENCE SECTIONS;
EXERCISES ON GENERAL REFERENCE BOOKS; LIBRARY PROJECTS; EXERCISES.
Some books that are well worth readingchapter 4. out to work; "gerrout an' look for
a job"; background to apprenticeship; "our works"; other people's jobs; chapter 5.
accidents at work; accidents to young persons; responsibility for industrial accidents;
general exercises; chapter 6. effective communication; effective communication; hazards
of description; technical descriptions; explanations and descriptions; chapter 7.
consumers in the sixties; the pluggers and the suckers; advertising; hire purchase;
safety standards; analysis of advertisements.
Chapter 8. cigarettes and self destructiongrowth of a habit; room t o doubt . . .;
how does smoking cause cancer?; the verdict on cigarettes; chapter 9. for better,
for worse; the impact of the "goggle box"; seven years of t. v. commercials; for and
against; pilkington in perspective; chapter 10. the power of the press; the daily
miracle; thirty million newspapers; "what's in today's paper?"; the battle for circulation;
chapter 11. a problem generation?; influence and affluence; the mixed-up kids; as
eve spoke to her daughter; appendix: training in industry.
