set 1974 : no. 1

This same demand for both guidance and freedom appears in comments on the difference  between teaching methods in the sixth form and in the main school, and on which methods were found most effective. The sixth form has traditionally been regarded as a time of induction into the methods of scholarship, of inquiry and discussion , a time when pupils become students.

In this book we have emphasised again and again the need to help children to develop open  minds, to think clearly, critically, objectively, and to reflect upon their conclusions, changing them as they see more clearly what it is reasonable to conclude from the evidence they have.