Teaching of Economic Biology

Abstract

THE intensification of the present conflict has brought with it many problems and none more poignant than its effects upon children. To a developing child the significance of the War is often either resolved into a singular, fervent and intense hatred of the Nazi machine that has so considerably inconvenienced its peculiar world or, very frequently with adolescent children, a confusion of ideas that leaves them groping for a clearer understanding of the deeper issues involved. The traditional and time-honoured British policy of abandoning political factions at the school portals is an admirable one that shows no sign of being relaxed despite the bitterness and mendacity of enemy propaganda. Economic factors, however, have become so paramount in importance that with daily Press references to the blockade, the repeated aerial attacks on merchant shipping and the civilian population, and the ruthlessness of the inhuman submarine warfare, their effects upon the child mind cannot be ignored. On these and related topics, further assistance from their teachers is constantly demanded by ardent youthful inquirers.