TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 906, 27 August 1910, Page 11

TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

THE GEOGRAPHY. SYLLABUS.

A meeting- of the; Wellington' branch ■-,'. of the New Zealand Educational In- '■■" statute was held last evening, Mr. Geo. .': Flux presiding.; There was a fair at'•'.';> tendance of members. ' It was reported .'.■■ :i". that the membership roll was in f 'a ■ '..' very satisfactory condition. ' Twenty.' :: ' new members were elected. : . ■''' . ■■'.'■■': Mr. James Fanning, of the assistant ■ -.' staff of the South Wellington-School, -'V- , ' 1 was reappointed official correspondent to '. l ' the New Zealand Journal' of : Educa-.':. : tion'. : A hearty vote 'of. , thanks was ten-' '.'.'■ '• dered to Mr. Fanning for his previouf' '■' services in that capacity, ■'■■" '. '■■; At the conclusion of the formal busi- '■>'■' ness a verj : interesting paper on the V..'" subject of the school svllabus in geo- ■ graphy was read by .-Mr." H. A. Parkin-... , -,''' son, M.A., of the- Newtowii District; ■■•;, High Schook' During'the j course" of ,'• his - remarks, Mr. Parkinsoii ireviewed ■ '. • : the geography syllabus which hadl been.: "'■ - drafted and print-ed by the. Southland...,'; and Taranaki branches of the institute, >•'A in their relation to the official syllabus :> ~i of the- Education Department/ and_ drew ■•■.;■ /.' attention, to the remarkable.,;.diligence. ;\ between-the ideas of;the institute's and ■'.' ' \ those of the Department. ■■Briefly' , .', both- the schemes referred to implied:' ■ l ,: the deliberate throwing away of tlio; .-*» freedom which the; syllabus of ,the Do-: ■■; ' partmcnt ( allowed, and the ...voluntary' '•■,'.' putting on of this shackles of ,a defiii- ...■'■ ito programme. .In.at least.one of the-i ~,' districts, said tho speaker, the inspect-. ' v ors had sanctioned ! tho... sacrifice, bj ■,<'■; ■ joining in it. •■ >•. •■ ■ ;' - , ; .' ..\ "■,.•.'■•. : t The address was: followed by an in-,.-. ....;•■ teresting discussion...,-.: .-.•. -.-.. '..■!'■ '■■' : :.