SECONDARY EDUCATION.
SEPARATE TRAINING COLLEGENOT CONTEMPLATED AT PRESENT IMPROVEMENT IN SYSTEM. (By Telegraph. —Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Friday. The establishment of a separate training college for secondary or technical school teachers is not to be thought of at present, said the Director of Education at the conference of the Secondary Schools Association. “I may remind you,” he added, “that with 7000 teachers we have four training colleges. New South Wales with 9000 teachers manages quite well with only one- This year the secondary school inspectors will visit the training colleges lo ascertain what provision is made for students desiring to specialise in secondary class teaching. They will also confer with the professors of education, and I have no doubt an improvement will be effected in the present system. There can, I think, be little doubt as lo the importance of having trained teachers in the secondary schools service. Our goal is in sight. To be a real teacher more is needed than proficiency in sport and a knowledge of the subject of instruction. There is something in the science and art of teaching that cannot be acquired intuitively. It is much 100 uncertain a thing for schools to depend on securing what is called the born teacher.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17714, 18 May 1929, Page 7
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