Nuffieldn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌfiːld/, U.S.

/ˈnəfild/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nuffield.

Etymology: < the name of William Richard Morris, first Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963), founder of Morris Motors Ltd.

I. Compounds.

1. attributive. Designating charitable trusts and benefactions initiated and funded by Lord Nuffield. Also: designating institutions, posts, etc., supported and usually also established by the Nuffield Foundation (see quot. 1943).

ΚΠ

1940 Times 2 Apr. 10/7 Mr. S. P. Richardson..has been appointed the first chairman of the executive committee of the Nuffield Provincial Hospital Trust. The trust has been set up as a result of a gift by Lord Nuffield.

1943 Times 13 Feb. 4/4 Lord Nuffield has intimated his intention of founding forthwith a charitable trust, which will be known as ‘The Nuffield Foundation’.

1952 C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After 307 Some voluntary organizations, such as those embodied in the Nuffield Foundation, have performed semi-official functions, such as the regional hospital surveys conducted for the Ministry of Health during the war.

1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 643/2 Subsequently he has been..chairman of the Nuffield Institute for Comparative Medicine.

1990 Dict. National Biogr. 1981–85 at Witts, L. J. The arrival of four Nuffield professors in the Radcliffe Infirmary inevitably produced problems, chiefly in respect of accommodation and facilities.

2. attributive. Education.

a. Designating school syllabuses and courses based on investigative learning in mathematics, science, and languages which were developed and advocated by the Nuffield Foundation, and introduced in the U.K. in 1964; (also) designating people, equipment, etc., connected with such syllabuses or courses.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > [adjective] > system of education

Lancasterian1807

heuristical1819

Pestalozzian1826

heuristic1844

progressive1860

Philanthropinist1864

Chautauqua1873

Froebelian1873

Fröbel1875

co-educational1881

extramural1884

Arnoldian1888

co-ed1889

Montessori1912

Montessorian1912

work–study1924

essentialist1938

bilateral1947

Piagetian1960

open-ended1961

home-schooling1963

Nuffield1964

binary1965

1964 Times Educ. Suppl. 21 Aug. 249/4 If we do get new syllabuses for our nationwide school examinations they will probably be Nuffield ones.

1964 Times Educ. Suppl. 20 Nov. 932/5 Members of the Nuffield teams will act as examiners.

1971 Where Nov. 332/1 The sort of problem, taken from the Nuffield materials, young secondary children would soon get to work on.

1972 E. Elias Learning & Playing vii. 129 Nuffield French has spread to schools all over the country.

1995 Courtaulds News (BNC) 19 Experts from ICI and the Worldwide Fund for Nature have worked together to help shape the ‘Environment’ module and the overall approach to environmental issues in the Nuffield Modular Sciences project for GCSE science teaching in the UK.

b. Designating the approach, characteristics, etc., of Nuffield syllabuses and courses; favouring practical and experimental work.

ΚΠ

1984 N. Beswick Resource-based Learning (BNC) 105 It has been questioned whether there is much resemblance between a student working in the Nuffield mode and an experimental scientist working in his laboratory.

1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 16 Nov. (Review section) R4/5 As a package the materials show many of the now traditional Nuffield virtues.

II. Simple uses.

3. A Nuffield syllabus or course; Nuffield courses.

ΚΠ

1975 Physics Bull. Dec. 532/3 When a school starts taking Nuffield (other than Nuffield physical science) it never appears to give up doing so.

1983 New Scientist 7 Apr. 36/4 For many children, despite Nuffield, science as portrayed at school can still mean a dour discipline of white coats and boring methodology.

1989 G. Claxton Being Teacher (BNC) 3 The recent history of educational innovation, from Nuffield and mixed ability onwards, shows that unless change is generated..it will end up on the mounting scrap heap.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nuffield
释义	Nuffieldn. Brit. /ˈnʌfiːld/, U.S. /ˈnəfild/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nuffield. Etymology: < the name of William Richard Morris, first Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963), founder of Morris Motors Ltd. I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Designating charitable trusts and benefactions initiated and funded by Lord Nuffield. Also: designating institutions, posts, etc., supported and usually also established by the Nuffield Foundation (see quot. 1943). ΚΠ 1940 Times 2 Apr. 10/7 Mr. S. P. Richardson..has been appointed the first chairman of the executive committee of the Nuffield Provincial Hospital Trust. The trust has been set up as a result of a gift by Lord Nuffield. 1943 Times 13 Feb. 4/4 Lord Nuffield has intimated his intention of founding forthwith a charitable trust, which will be known as ‘The Nuffield Foundation’. 1952 C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After 307 Some voluntary organizations, such as those embodied in the Nuffield Foundation, have performed semi-official functions, such as the regional hospital surveys conducted for the Ministry of Health during the war. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 643/2 Subsequently he has been..chairman of the Nuffield Institute for Comparative Medicine. 1990 Dict. National Biogr. 1981–85 at Witts, L. J. The arrival of four Nuffield professors in the Radcliffe Infirmary inevitably produced problems, chiefly in respect of accommodation and facilities. 2. attributive. Education. a. Designating school syllabuses and courses based on investigative learning in mathematics, science, and languages which were developed and advocated by the Nuffield Foundation, and introduced in the U.K. in 1964; (also) designating people, equipment, etc., connected with such syllabuses or courses. ΘΚΠ society > education > [adjective] > system of education Lancasterian1807 heuristical1819 Pestalozzian1826 heuristic1844 progressive1860 Philanthropinist1864 Chautauqua1873 Froebelian1873 Fröbel1875 co-educational1881 extramural1884 Arnoldian1888 co-ed1889 Montessori1912 Montessorian1912 work–study1924 essentialist1938 bilateral1947 Piagetian1960 open-ended1961 home-schooling1963 Nuffield1964 binary1965 1964 Times Educ. Suppl. 21 Aug. 249/4 If we do get new syllabuses for our nationwide school examinations they will probably be Nuffield ones. 1964 Times Educ. Suppl. 20 Nov. 932/5 Members of the Nuffield teams will act as examiners. 1971 Where Nov. 332/1 The sort of problem, taken from the Nuffield materials, young secondary children would soon get to work on. 1972 E. Elias Learning & Playing vii. 129 Nuffield French has spread to schools all over the country. 1995 Courtaulds News (BNC) 19 Experts from ICI and the Worldwide Fund for Nature have worked together to help shape the ‘Environment’ module and the overall approach to environmental issues in the Nuffield Modular Sciences project for GCSE science teaching in the UK. b. Designating the approach, characteristics, etc., of Nuffield syllabuses and courses; favouring practical and experimental work. ΚΠ 1984 N. Beswick Resource-based Learning (BNC) 105 It has been questioned whether there is much resemblance between a student working in the Nuffield mode and an experimental scientist working in his laboratory. 1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 16 Nov. (Review section) R4/5 As a package the materials show many of the now traditional Nuffield virtues. II. Simple uses. 3. A Nuffield syllabus or course; Nuffield courses. ΚΠ 1975 Physics Bull. Dec. 532/3 When a school starts taking Nuffield (other than Nuffield physical science) it never appears to give up doing so. 1983 New Scientist 7 Apr. 36/4 For many children, despite Nuffield, science as portrayed at school can still mean a dour discipline of white coats and boring methodology. 1989 G. Claxton Being Teacher (BNC) 3 The recent history of educational innovation, from Nuffield and mixed ability onwards, shows that unless change is generated..it will end up on the mounting scrap heap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1940
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