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TABLE SHOWING THE SUBJECT OF STUDY, COMPARATIVELY, IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF ENGLAND AND NEW ZEALAND.

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ENGLAND AND NEW ZEALAND. STANDARD I. STANDARD II. STANDARD III. STANDARD IV. STANDARD V. STANDARD VI. STANDARD VII. READING,— England 1 (Obligatory) Arts. 15 and 109 (e) code 1886. To read a short paragraph from a book, To read a short paragraph from an elenot confined to words of one syllable. mentary reading book. To read a passage from a more advanced reading book, or from stories from English history. To read a few lines from a reading book, or a History of England. To read a passage from some standard author, or from a history of England. To read a passage from one of To read a passage from ShakeShakespeare's historical plays, speare or Milton, or from some or from some other standard other standard author, or from author, or from a history of a history of England. England, New Zealand 1 N.Z. .. (Obligatory) Sentences composed of words of one Sentences containing words of two sylsyllable, and common words of two lables, and easy words of more than two syllables to be read intelligently. syllables, to be read intelligently, and the meanings (not necessarily strict definitions) of the words to be known. Spelling: easy words of one syllable. | Spelling: easy words of two syllables. Easy reading book to be read fluently and intelligently, with knowledge of the meanings of the words, and with due regard to the distinction of paragraphs as well as of sentences. Spelling: from the same book; knowledge of words having the same or nearly the same sound but differing in meaning; dictation of easy sentences from the reading book of a lower standard. Reading and definition. —An easy book of prose and verse. treading and definition.—A book of general information not necessarily excluding matter such as that prescribed by Standard IV. Spelling and dictation : suited to this stage. Standabd VI. A book containing extracts from general literature. Pass-subjects Spelling and dictation: suited to this stage as represented by the reading book in use; the dictation to exhibit a knowledge of the use of capitals and punctuation, but (at inspection) to be confined to prose. Spelling and dictation; suited to this stage. Addit.-subjects Knowledge of subject-matter of the read- Knowledge of subject-matter of reading ing lesson. lessons. Repetition of easy verses. Syllabus and Repetition of verses. Syllabus showing test as for object lessons. progress. Subject-matter of the reading lesson. Recitation. — Additional subject. } Of a higher order than for Standard IV. Recitation.—Additional subject. As for Standard V. Regulations of June 16, 1885, and September, 1878. Repetition of verses. Syllabus showing progress. Recitation.—Additional subject. A list of pieces learnt, and one piece (or more) specially prepared for the examination. WRITING,— England 2 (Obligatory) Arts. 15 and 109 (e) code 1886. Copy in manuscript characters a line of A passage of not more than six lines, from print, and write from dictation not more the same book, slowly read once, and than ten easy words commencing with then dictated word by word, capital letters. Copy-books (large and half-text hand) to Copy-books (large or half-text hand) to be be shown, shown. Six lines from one of the reading books of the Standard slowly read once and then dictated. Copy-books (capitals and figures large and small hand) to be shown. Eight lines of poetry or prose, slowly read once, and then dictated. Copy-books to be shown. Writing from memory the substance of a short story read out twice; spelling, handwriting, and correct expression to be considered. Copy-books to be shown. dictation may, at the discretion 0: A short theme or letter on an easy A theme or letter; composition, subject; spelling, handwriting, spelling, and handwriting to be and composition to be con- considered, sidered. Note-books and exercise-books to Copy-books to be shown. be shown. [N.B.—An exercise i: the Inspector, be substituted for composition.] New Zealand 2 N.Z. (Obligatory) Pass-subject. Regulations of June 16, 1885, and September, 1878. The small letters and the ten figures, on Short words in copy-books, not larger than slate, at dictation. round hand. On slate, Capital letters and transcription from reading book of Standard II. Longer words and sentences, not larger than round hand; transcriptions from the reading book of Standard III., with due regard to punctuation and quotation marks. Good copies in a hand not larger than Small hand copies in a strict forroundhand, and transcription of poetry. mal style; andtexthand; transcription of verse in complicated metres, and of prose exhibiting the niceties of punctuation. Standabd VI. The copying of tabulated matter, showing bold headlines, and marking distinctions such as in letterpress require varieties of type, e.g., the copying of these printed standards, or of a catalogue showing division into groups. arithmeticEngland 3 (Obligatory) Arts. 15 and 109 (e) code 1886. The work of girls will be judged more leniently than that of boys, and as a rule the sums set will be easier. Notation and numeration up to 1000. Notation and numeration up to 100,000. Simple addition and subtraction of The four simple rules to short division, numbers of not more than three figures. The multiplication table, and the pence In addition, not more than five lines to table to 12s. be given. The multiplication table to 6 times 12. The former rules with long division. Addition and subtraction of money. Compound rules (money) and reduction of i Practice ; bills of parcels ; and common weights and measures. single rule of three by the method of unity. Addition and subtraction of proper fractions, with denominators not exceeding ten. Fractions, vulgar and decimal; Compound proportion; averages simple proportion; and simple and percentages, interest. Short exercises in mental arithmetic the work of the may be given in the examination of all Stai next higher Standard (compare with N.Z. I idards. These should not involve large numbers ; should from the first deal wit eg. concerning Standards II. and VI.). See also " Revised Instructions to Insp< ;h concrete as well as abstract qualities, and should be preparatory to ectors, 1886 " (hereafter called R.I.), Arts. 28-31. New Zealand 3 N.Z. (Obligatory) Pass-subject. Regulations of June 16, 1885, and September, 1878. Counting, and oral addition by twos, Numeration and notation of not more threes, fours, and fives, up to 100; mi- than six figures; addition of not more meration and notation to 999 ; addition than six lines, with six figures in a line ; sums of not more than three columns ; short multiplication, and multiplication multiplication of numbers not exceeding by factors not greater than twelve ; sub999 by 2, 3, 4, and 5; relative values traction; division by numbers not exand chief aliquot parts of current Eng- ceeding twelve, by the method of long lish coins; and relative lengths of the division and by the method of short yard, foot, and inch. (Note. —The nu- division ; mental problems adapted to meration must be applied to the addi- this stage of progress; multiplication tion and multiplication, and the multi- tables to 12 times 12; relative values plication known to be a compendious and chief aliquot parts of the ton, hunmothod of addition.) dredweight, quarter, stone, and pound; relative lengths of the mile, furlong, chain, and rod. Numeration and notation generally (one billion being taken as the second power of one million, one trillion the third power, and so on); long multiplication and long division; the four money rules, except long multiplication of money; tables of money, avoirdupois weight, and long measure; and easy money problems in mental arithmetic. Long multiplication of money ; reduction of money, weights, and measures; the compound rules applied to problems in weights and measures; practice and the making out of bills of accounts and receipts ; tables of money, weights, and measures ; mental arithmetic to correspond. The weights and measures of this Standard are avoirdupois weight, troy weight, long measure, square measure, measures of capacity and time, and angular measure. Proportion ; simple interest; the I Standard VI. easier cases of vulgar fractions, I Vulgar and decimal fractions ; interest, and other commercial rules ; and problems involving them ; the metric system of weights and measures, and calculations with mental arithmetic. pound, florin, cent, and mil; square root, and simple cases of mensuration of surfaces ; mental arithmetic generally. NEEDLEWORK,— England 4 (Obligatory for girls in dayschools, arts. 15, 106 (c), and 109 (c): and optional for infant boys.) Below Standabd I. Needle drill.—Position drill.—Strips (18 1. The work of the previous Standard with inches by 2 inches) in simple hemming greater skill. Any garment or other with coloured cotton, in the following useful article as above, order, viz.:—(1) Black; (2) Red; (3) Blue. 1. The work of the previous Standards; stitching and sewing on strings. Garments, a pinafore, shift, or apron. Herring-bone stitch. The stitch only on canvas or flannel. Darning, simple. On canvas. 2. Knitting. Four needles; plain and purled, e.g., mufiatees. 1. The work of the previous Standards ; gathering, setting in button-hole, sewing on button. Garment, a plain nightshirt, nightgown, or petticoat. 2. Marking, simple, on canvas. 3. Darning, plain (as for thin places), in stocking-web material. i. Knitting. Four needles, a sock. 5. Herring-bone, a patch (at least 8 in. square) on coarse flannel. 1. The work of the previous Stan- 1. The work of the previous Standards—whip stitch, and setting-on dards, and the running of a frill. Garment, a baby's nightgown, or child's frock, tuck. Garment as in Standard 2. Darning, plain, on coarse linen. IV. j 3. Patching in print. 2. Knitting. Pour needles, a sock J 4. Knitting. Four needles, a long stocking with heel thickened, or stocking, ribbed or plain. j 5. Cutting out any under-garment for making up in Standard IV. 3. Plain darning of a hole in stock-ing-web material. i. Patching in calico and flannel. 5. Cutting out any garment such j as is required in Standard III. Knitting-pin drill.—A strip knitted (15 | 2. Knitting. Two needles ; plain and inches by 3 inches) in cotton or wool. purled, e.g., muffatees. Standard I. 1. Hemming, seaming, felling. Any garment or other useful article which can be completed by the above stitches, e.g., a child's pinafore, pillow-case, or pocket handkerchief. In small mixed country schools strips (18 inches by 2 inches) of hemming, &c, may be shown, at the discretion of the managers, in place of a garment. 2. Knitting. Two needles, plain, e.g., a strip on which to teach darning in upper Standards, or a comforter. New Zealand I N.Z. (Obligatory for girls in day- j schools where there is a female:teacher. —Addit. subject.) Eegulations of June 16, 1885. Threading needles and hemming. (Illus- As in Standard I., and felling and fixing a tration of work —strips of calico or a hem. (Illustration —a child's pinafore.) plain pocket handkerchief.) I If knitting is learnt it shall be in the following order : a strip of plain knitting and Needlework " in the New Zealai As in Standard II., and stitching, sewing on strings, and fixing all work up to this stage. (A pillow-case, or woman's plain shift, without bands or gathers.) *£Eft^ 5 flfiS«$i PS5i j Cutting out any plain g^?*^ HS^SSlSS?! andfiXinSa SSST* (A »«"-"* F ■> b ' I patching fine diaper. child's sock ; a long-ribbed stocking. N.B.-The subject of " The principles of domestic economy," which is coupled with " Sewing mgst " Specific Subjects." And see Regulation 12 of June 16, 1885, as applying to all Standards. 1 '; knitting mufiatees, ribbed ; a plain knitted nd list, is not in the English list, except ami SPECIAL NOTES EEIATIHG TO "ELEMEITAEY SUBJECTS" (Obligatory). . [For explanation of term "Elementary Subject," see English Code (1886), m. 15 and 109; and compare with New Zealand Regulations of September, 1878, and of 16th June, 1885 and Eighth Annual Report on Educati™«>™ *n3 three are in the same order in the English Code 1 (a)" Readin" with intelligence will be required in all the Stan- the words " Beading and Definition " are used, and the use of Referring to Standard IV.-" The tables to be learned in- Kltl i Si S «k n d 70 and Keg No 10 as in the colonial statute, but that " Needlework " occupies a dards and increased fluency and expression in successive those words is explained in footnote to Standard II. " The elude those weights and measures only which are m ordinary New Zealand 18/7 Ac., ss 84 and ,b, and Keg. JNo. iu. g Jn the New Zealana list than m t i le Eng i lsh one. yelrT Two sets of reading-books must be provided for Stan- reading lessons of this Standard will generally contain some use." For details, see Schedule I. to Code 1886. See also B.I., (6) For statistics see G.B., 1882-83, 1883-84, p. xvli., and 188^-86, pp. (gee Art 15 _ Codej and Nz . 1877 Aot , „ m . dards I and II ■ and three, one of which shouldrelate to Eng- words the children do not use in their own eonversltion. On 1886, Arts. 28-31; and note number 2 (a) as above. xm., xiv., and xvn. ( c ) That the only subjects which are " Optional" in both systems lish history for each Standard above the second. The Inspec- this account ' definition' is here conjoined with reading," &c. Note paper on " How Arithmetic may be simplified," rea<l (c) For severities of syllabus see Times, Nov. 9, 1883, and Daily are « History " and "Physical Training " ; tor may examine from any of the books in use in the Standard. In addition to continuation of footnote to Standard II., seo before Nat. Soc. So. Assoe., Dublin, 1881, by Prof. O'Sullivan. News, Feb. 13,1884. (d) That " Physical Training " is not specified at all as a code subThe intelligence of the reading will be tested partly by ques- footnote 1 to Standards IV., V., and VI., in New Zealand Begu- Trans., pp. 490,491. A very experienced Scotch teacher complained to me of ject in England, and the option in New Zealand is with the tions on the meaning of what is read." Note for further details lations of September, 1878, relating to " Standards."; _ „ _ f 11o inB footnotes— Scotch code in this respect. Boards, and not with the parents ; and that all the other New •'Revised Instructions to Inspectors," (hereafter termed B.I.) 2 (a) " The writing and arithmetic of Standards I. and II. taay be on 3 «•*■ See *o«°™^ footnotes The late Dr Philbrick's remarks on the subject deserve care- Zealand obligatory subjects are m England • Class," with the 1880 Arts 13-24. slates or paper at the discretion of the Managers; m Stand. III. j X st TT ( ' f!i? „?+„„« on'? , <Vbnn^Svstems in the United States," exceptions of "Domestic Economy," which is Specific ■.;' and (6) See a!so B. C, Vol. II., p. 323. it must be on paper." But note B.I.,1886, Arts. [ to |t. II. | Eegulations of September, Jg. l^brick, ppW^W^Sy"on^usuS, P 99 X'n'L^afa code ZfeU^ Traimng ' 1S ™{ s Peclflca»y (c) " English system of spelling was a humbug."—Prof. Mahaffy ({,) gg e jj'c i y o i_ u ; p 333, | to St. IV. f 1878. 4 N 2. See regulations 23 and 12, of June 16,1885. -p or su bjects of study in Scotch schools, see Scotch Code and note Mr. Kane, Transactions, Nat. Soc. Sc. Assoc, Dublin, 2 N.Z. Sec footnotes 2 and 3 to Standard II. in regulatioas of Sep- SSS'm N B—It will be observed that— (1886), Instructions to Inspectors (1886), Scotch Education 1881, p. 410. "The most preposterous thing in the whole tember, 1878. 2toSt.\I. / £»■»• 1t wm ubuu&.Lrveu iu ,nWientorvin the Colony Department, and G.R., 1885-86, Scot, (all herewith). Further worlds-Prof. Mahaffy, p. 412. 3.. The inspector may examine any scholars in the wdrk of any Ha) Code 1886, Arts. 15, 96(5), 106(c),and 109 (c) and (/) and notes (a) 1^ SfKTSOtSnlwffi regulations in respect of elementary subjects will be found in 1NZ "The reading is to be intelligent," &c. Note footnotes to Standard lower than that in which they are presented " (and in Schedule HI., and E.I., Arts. 7,11, 42 and 4,% and especially 5S\^to^*to^^E^^^^W™SlSfl^Si^r Code, s. 109 (e). Standard I in regulations. In Standards II., III., IV., and V. compare with New Zealand Begulations of 16th June, 1885.) pp. 18 and 19, and also circular and table in G.B., 1883-84, pp. Obligatory in Doth the tngnsn ana new aeauuiu