✨ Educational Policy and Curriculum
At the end of his term of training, the subject of it will only be a trained pupil-teacher, 17 or 18 years of age—not a trained master. The question arises, what shall be done with and for him until he is old enough to take charge of a school? In the older Colonies and in England there are Normal Schools open to the pupil-teacher who has satisfactorily completed his term of service; and where the course of training is continued for one, two, or three years, until the student is able to acquire a certificate qualifying him to take charge of a school.
A Normal School would prove a desirable adjunct to the training of the pupil-teacher, if he could attend classes and lectures there as previously suggested; but it is an absolute necessity for carrying on the training after the expiration of the term of pupil-teachership.
In the absence of a Normal School, it might be advantageous to provide, from out of the number of “adult” pupil-teachers, a class of “assistants,” and to grant help from that class at the rate of one assistant instead of two pupil-teachers.
But it is highly probable that eventually there would be a greater number of trained pupil-teachers than of vacancies for them as schoolmasters; and it is, for this reason, desirable that they should go out of office at an age not too old to take up with and learn some other vocation, and with qualifications adapted to such an end.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. P. RESTELL,
Inspector of Schools.
PROGRAMME OF ATTAINMENTS REQUIRED FROM PUPIL-TEACHERS.
First Year.
For Candidates:—
Bible—A general acquaintance with principal persons and events.
Reading—The easy narratives of the Dublin Third Book, or its equivalent.
Spelling—Of the same passages.
Writing—In a fair, bold hand, simple abstracts, or from dictation.
Arithmetic—The Simple and Compound Rules and Reduction.
Grammar—To point out the parts of speech in a simple sentence.
Geography—An outline knowledge of New Zealand and the Continents—of course, also, of geographical definitions.
History—An outline knowledge of English History.
First Year. (Continued.)
At the end of the Year:—
Bible—The above, together with Genesis and St. Matthew—first fifteen chapters.
Reading and Spelling—The above, together with the lessons on Natural History—the dog, lion, bear; &c.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1871, No 55
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Proposal on Training and Employment of Pupil-Teachers
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🎓 Education, Culture & Science14 September 1871
Pupil-teachers, Employment, Training, Educational Policy, Canterbury
- J. P. Restell, Inspector of Schools
🎓 Programme of Attainments Required from Pupil-Teachers
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