Biography & Autobiography Educators
Robert Edwards Holloway
Newfoundland Educator, Scientist, Photographer, 1874-1904
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2005
- Category
- Educators, History
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773528529
- Publish Date
- Feb 2005
- List Price
- $65.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773572584
- Publish Date
- Feb 2005
- List Price
- $55.00
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Description
Holloway was a scientist and innovative teacher who opened his classes to the public and kept up with current developments in science, demonstrating new discoveries in public lectures. For a time College Hall at Methodist College, later named Holloway School, was the site for the production of X-rays and their use for diagnosis and treatment by local doctors.
About the author
Ruby L. Gough is a retired professor of science education, Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is the author of STEM Science: Inservice Manual for Workshop Leaders and co-author of Science for Life: Teaching Science in Canadian Primary and Elementa