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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

distance of the training college, if the teacher or teachers of such class or
classes are approved for this purpose in terms of clause 4 hereof.

23. In the arrangement of the curriculum special regard shall be paid
    to the opportunities of instruction presented by the lectures given at the
    University college, and, where possible, the general education of the
    student shall in the main be so continued; but no student shall be
    permitted to take University classes that are, in the judgment of the
    Principal, inconsistent with the requirements of his professional course,
    nor shall a student be permitted to take classes forming a recognized step
    towards a University degree unless his capacities and attainments are of
    a character to fit him therefor without detriment to the interests of his
    training as a teacher.

24. With the limitations and exceptions contained in clauses 23 and
    25 hereof, no course of training for any student shall be deemed complete
    that does not include attendance at at least one course of lectures in a
    subject other than education at the University college, together with the
    following :—

(a.) The subjects named in paragraph (a) of clause 22 hereof :

(b.) A course of nature-study, and at least one other of the courses
named in paragraph (b) of clause 22 hereof; such courses in
elementary science occupying two hours a week, half of which
must be devoted to individual practical work: Provided that
any student who completes, to the satisfaction of the Principal,
a course in science in a University college may be excused from
all elementary science except nature-study :

(c.) At least two of the courses named in paragraph (c) of clause 22,
the total time devoted to elementary science and handwork
together being not less than four hours a week :

(d.) All the courses named in paragraph (d) of the clause, two hours
a week being given to physical instruction :

(e.) Observation of the child and of methods of teaching and
practice in teaching as prescribed in paragraphs (e) and (f) of
clause 22, the time devoted to observations and practice being,
in general, not less than four hundred hours in the course. It
is important that the observation should be such as to form a
basis for the work in elementary psychology and the principles
of education, and that the practice should be regular and co-
ordinated.

25. (1.) Students who are University graduates, or who have satisf-
    actorily completed an approved course of not less than two years at an
    agricultural college or at a school of home science recognized by the
    University, or who have already satisfied the requirements of the examina-
    tion for Class C, may be excused from attendance at University lectures ;
    such students, together with those who have already passed in the subject
    for Class D or for Class C, may also be excused from needlework. Exemp-
    tion from attendance at science may also be granted in the case of
    graduates who have taken a science subject in their degree course, and
    of students who have completed an approved course of two years at an
    agricultural college.

(2.) A student who is taking a science course at the University college
may be exempted from attendance at a science class at the training college
during the year in which he is so attending.

(3.) Students who have, in the opinion of the Supervisor of School Music,
no ear for music may be excused from attendance at singing if an equivalent
therefor, approved by the Director, is taken as indicated in clause 26 of the
Regulations for the Examination and Classification of Teachers.

26. The observation of methods of teaching for which provision is made
    shall include particularly observation of the methods of teaching English,
    arithmetic, drawing, singing, nature-knowledge, geography, civics, as pre-
    scribed for public schools. It shall also include either (a) methods of
    teaching as specially adapted to the requirements of infant classes ; or (b)
    the methods of teaching the following subjects in secondary classes—English,
    elementary mathematics, and the elementary stages of a foreign language ;
    or (c) the methods adopted in teaching two or more branches of elementary
    science and handwork as suited to the requirements of the higher primary
    classes. The practice in teaching shall correspond thereto.

CERTIFICATES.

27. At the close of their period of training, students duly admitted under
    these regulations as students of Division A, B, or C, who have satisfactorily
    completed the prescribed course of work during their attendance at the
    training college, and who are favourably reported upon in respect both of
    professional promise and of educational progress, may, on the recommenda-