E.—2.

Table K5. —Subjects taken by Training-college Students at University Colleges, 1938.

REPORTS (EXTRACTS) OF PRINCIPALS OF TRAINING COLLEGES.

AUCKLAND. Exchange of Lecturers. —Mr. E. G. Jones, MA., B.Sc., Lecturer in Science, is at present exchanging with Dr. A. K. Botts, of Cortland Training College, New York State, United States of America. Dr. Botts commenced his work at Auckland on sth September, and is now thoroughly engaged in his work at the Auckland teachers' college. He is a specialist Lecturer in Geography, and has a very valuable contribution to make to the development of our work in his specialist field. Dr. Botts is a very genial colleague, and is anxious to see as much of our New Zealand college life as possible. Early in 1939, I hope it might be possible, if the Board agrees and the Department so wished, to allow him to spend a week at each of the other colleges. 1 feel that in Dr. Botts we have made a very happy choice in our first exchange with the United States of America. I trust that the scheme will be equally successful from the American side, so that we shall be able to continue the exchange system between New Zealand training-college-staff members and lecturers in other lands. Mr. Robert Donn, Lecturer in Arts, and Miss E. M. Bayne, Women's Warden, are at present overseas studying their own special branches of training-college work. Third-year Specialists. —During the year we have had twenty-three third-year students specializing, as follows: Music, 5 ; physical education, 6; art and craft, 5; infant method, 1; special classes, 1; agriculture, 2 ; mathematics and science, 1 ; commercial subjects, I. These students have carried through a very valuable academic course under their specialist lecturers in college and have done excellent work in the schools, where they have had practical teaching experience not only in their specialist subjects, but in general teaching. It is very gratifying to find how keen headmasters are to have such students posted to their schools, and to note the free hand that is given to my lecturers in planning courses of work. There is no doubt that these third-year students have a contribution to make in their own special fields. The difficulty seems to arise when they seek appointment. The recent new salary regulations have very properly made it possible for such young people to be appointed to city Grade 1 positions to be advertised as special positions. There is no doubt that we are to-day looking for teachers who have ability to break new ground in just those fields in which our third-year students are well equipped. There would at present seem to be some problem in organization militating against the full use of these young people. They realize, as we do, that their lives will not be spent as specialists, and they are eager to continue their general teaching, but they feel that fuller opportunity could be made by headmasters for the use of their special training. If Senior Inspectors of Schools could make a special note of the various methods used by headmasters in using specialists, we might be able to give greater encouragement to our best young people to take up specialist work. For the first time we have trained our third-year physical-education specialists at our own college.

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