HUMANISM FIRST.
BEFORE EXAMINATION FETISH
DEFIM TE RESOLUTION A ”ONG \\ OR UD EDUCATIONISTS. United Press Assn by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.! (Received April 14. 11 p.m.) VANCOUVER. April 14. That there is a definite revolution of thought and methods el' pedagogic inslrucHou throughout the I'.mpive lias heen one of the outstanding features, perhaps the keynote of the cr life mice <4 the National Council of Education during the pa-t week. Speakers dealt with the necessity of a greater degree of eeleetie humanism in training the young. This view was again emphasised op Saturday in an address hv Air. Frank Milner. C.M.G.. New Zealand, who declared that no secondary school would he successful that does not endeavour to create interests apart. I rout the set subjects on the curriculum. Re Instanced the necessity of a more sympathetic attitude towards the adolescent scholar oi stimulating mind, with helpful inspiring forces/ and associations, strongly advocated school libraries, and stressed. importance of humanism rather than Uie retention of the examination fetish as a means of establishing the competency of a pupil.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10871, 15 April 1929, Page 5
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