THE SYLLABUS.
The value of the syllabus must be in the end judged by its results. But a syllabus that, despite Mr. Fowlds assertion, is so overcrowded that the three basic essentials of reading, writing, and arithmetic are not taught as ■well as was once the case, and that is practically crowding history out of the children’s education altogether, _ can be judged at once, and in that judgment condemned. The ideal that was aimed at in ’drawing it up, that it should be regarded as a handbook of suggestions fop the teachers, was no doubt excellent. But in practice it means, ■ auuarently that teachers draw up such schemes of work as they think will satisfy the inspectors, and as no two inspectors, except, possibly _ in North Canterbury, agree as to the interpretation of the syllabus the result is confusion. —Christchurch “Press.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2548, 8 July 1909, Page 7
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141THE SYLLABUS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2548, 8 July 1909, Page 7
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