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\n[1928]  \n# COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET\n\nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \n308  \nRiddel1,George Allardice Riddel1,Baron,1865-1934.….\"riie funct,ion of educnt.ion,\"being the presi-dential address delivered by the Rt.Hon.LordRiddell,in London,June 12th,1928...Kingstor-on-Thames,Knapp,1928]  \nZ  \nBox 284  \n15 p.21 cm.  \nAt head of title:The Association for educationin industry and commerce,Tenth annual conferenceheld in London,June ...1928.  \nReproductions may not be made without permision from Columbia University Libraries.              \n## RESTRICTIONS ON USE:\n\n# TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA\n\nFILM SIZE:35mmREDUCTION RATIO:      :  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA(  \nIB  \nIB   \nDATE FILMED:                    5/7197  \nTLM      \n## INITIALS:\n\nTRACKING\\#:                                                                                                    2965  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n## “THE FUNCTIONOFEDUCATION.\"\n\nPresidential Address delivered bythe Rt.Hon.Lord Riddellat the Annual Conferenceof the Association forEducation in Industryand Commerce.  \n308  \nZ  \nBx28   \nJune,1928.  \n## THE ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION ININDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.\n\nTenth Annual Conference  \nheld in London,June rzth,I3th and I4th,I928.  \n\"The Function of Education,\"beingthe Presidential Address deliveredby the Rt.Hon.Lord Riddellin London,June Izth,I928.  \nCopies of this pamphlet and of the other reports and papers issued bythe Association may be obtained from the Honorary Secretary,MR.R.W.FERGUSON,B.Sc.,A.R.C.S.,36,Linden Road,Bournville,Birmingham.  \n61'8工  \n97rM·Gullu11-164  \nKsAPP,DREWETT &Soss LID.  \nPrinlers.  \nKingston-on-Thames &London  \n18076w.  \n## THE TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THEASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION IN INDUSTRYAND COMMERCE.\n\n—  \nLondon,June 12th,13th and 14th,1928.  \nPRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BYTHE RT.HON.LORD RIDDELL.  \n—  \n## The Function of Education.\n\nThe older one gets the more one likes compliments,and Ihave had a very happy five minutes listening to the complimentaryspeeches just delivered.It is true I am interested in Education,but I doubt whether I really deserve the kind things that havebeen said about me in that connection.However,presidentialaddresses afford many people an opportunity to inflict their viewsupon the world,and for what it is worth,I will now proceed todeliver my address.  \nThe difficulties surrounding industrial and commercialeducation are largely caused by the views that prevailed untilrecently regarding the function of education and,shall I say,therights of man?Our educational ladder was constructed byscholastics for scholastics.Until lately the idea was that thechild should start in an elementary school,pass to a secondaryschool and then go to the University.Of course only the favoured  \nfew could complete such an ambitious career.Nevertheless eachof the earlier steps was designed to give effect to this ideal.Theassumption was that all the good things in life were monopolisedby the well educated in a scholastic sense,and that therefore ascholastic career should be open to all His Majesty's subjectshowever poor,provided they possessed the necessary brains toavail themselves of these advantages.  \nAnything in the shape of vocational training was anathema,with the exception of training that would fit pupils to becomeschoolmasters,schoolmistresses,clerks and perhaps clergymen,lawyers,doctors,accountants and the likeBy force of economiccircumstances most children were obliged to leave school at 14.As a result,their educational career terminated when they hadtravelled only a third of the educational cycle.They started life,not with an education of sorts complete in itself,but with oneintended to form the basis of subsequent training which they neverreceived.No attempt was made to fit them for the industrialcareer which was their 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Hon. Lord Riddell at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Industry and Commerce in London on June 12th, 1928.\"},{\"question\":\"According to the speech, what causes difficulties in industrial and commercial education?\",\"answer\":\"The speech argues the difficulties are largely caused by prevailing views about the function of education and the rights of man, along with how educational paths were constructed.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the address describe the traditional educational “ladder”?\",\"answer\":\"It describes a path set by scholastics: elementary school, then secondary school, then the University, effectively ensuring that only a favored few could complete it. Most children would leave school around fourteen and receive education aimed at later training they would not get.\"}]","The Function of Education - Presidential Address - 12 June 1928 | PDF",1789965971,33]