PHYSICAL TRAINING

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 137, 14 June 1927, Page 11

PHYSICAL TRAINING

INSTRUCTORS FOR SCHOOLS

The Education Department's proposals regarding physical training in schools met with the Council of Education '3 approval at their recent meeting They endorsed the three:' following'pro- | posals.—(a) The f^her . specialised | training of the pliysieaUinstructors; (b) the provision of:•refresher, courses for adult teachers; ( C ) tho;pacing.of phvsieal instruction .among tiioV pass subjects for a-teaeher's-.icertifieate-.-'-.' "■ In the opinioiivo'f' ,thj).'-'cpiiiioij <a sufficient staff, of instructors\'is.,^iccessary: (a.) To train, traiiiuig^college'students:. (d; to conduct, refresher'.courses;""(c) to visit as many.'schools.'as possible in order that the ; pupils; maSr Wcorrec'tiy trained and 'harmful exercises /.eliminated.' ■ ,-■ .:". '...;■,• ••■; ,;.■■):. ■;■■• ■-;,: . ■.-.- ; The following '. rcWiutio.ii Avas'. .^lso ' passed: "That this council 1 is.of opinion ; that as errors, in .physical draining may • be positively harmful to tho children, it would, bo. unwisa.to. '■ wJtMritiv- tho special instructors from: the :: schools and to rely altogether on thefkhbwlcdge of '= the subject possessed by .■members of the teaching staff." .!-...'•:•■''