GRADING SYSTEM
DOMINION TEACHERS
"ANNOYING PRACTICE" CRITICISM BY LECTURER FEELING TOWARD INSPECTORS The New Zealand system of grading teachers was criticised by Dr. William Boyd, head of the Department of Education at Glasgow University, when he replied to a question at the close of a lecture in the Technical College Hall last night. He said he regarded the procedure as an affront to the teachers concerned. Dr. Boyd's observations developed from criticism which ho expressed earlier in his address at the practice of listing students in order of merit on account of the ill effects which it had on those who were ranked near the bottom. When an analogy was drawn between this system and the current methods of grading teachers, he explained that he resented this "labelling of persons." For the centralised system of education in New Zealand there was a considerable difficulty in finding a basis for promotion and, while some sort of grading might be worthy of consideration, a continual checking up of teachers year after year seemed to be annoying. "Speaking as a teacher myself, I may say I resent this practice," Dr. Boyd stated. "I never saw an inspector come into the room without wanting to have a fight. The situation is annoying."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22779, 13 July 1937, Page 10
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208GRADING SYSTEM New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22779, 13 July 1937, Page 10
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