TRAINING YOUNG WOMEN.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1073, 11 March 1911, Page 11

TRAINING YOUNG WOMEN.

WHAT A BOARD IS DOING. The Education Department in Victoria is about to start courses of .training for young women who proposo . to become teachers of domestic and homo duties in higher .elementary schools,, high tcliools, and continuation classes. When' the Education Act passed last session was under discussion, tho Minister of Education (Mr. A. A. Billson) intimated that in the new typo of school to be established great attention would be paid to these subjects. !Ir. P. Tale, Director of Education, has developed the course of training, and has prepared regulations which the Minister has approved. This year tho Department will begin the training of 30 young teachers.

Students trill be selected from employees of the Department, from e?:-pupils of continuation schools, and from applicants outsitlo' the scrvice. A good standard of general education v.ill bo required as.a condition of admission, and candidates who have passed the junior public examination or the senior public examination will be preferred. Students must be at least 17 years of age. They will be required to take up residence at the Training College Hostel, Parkville, where a complete domestic establishment for upwards of 30 persons has been furnished. Here they will be trained for two years under a resident superintendent, w ; ho will control the teaching of various forms of cookery, household management, and laundry work. The students will perform the whole of the household work of the establishment, and will bo • inst ucted in planning, supervising, and keeping the accounts for a largo establishment During their residence at the hostel the students will receive an allowanco of .£SO per annum, out of which they will defray their living expenses, so that if their management is economical it will be of direct benefit to themselves. . Each of the students will bo required for four years after tho termination of the course of training to teach ill a school. Tho course of study is an elaborate one, extending over three years. Some of tho practical subjects will bo taken at the College of Domestic Economy. The elementarv science and education will bo taken at the Training College, and arrangements aro being made for short course.* at tho University. _ The full course of study is as follows:— First Year.—l. English. 2. Elementary nhvsics 3. Elementary anplied chemistry. 1. Short courses in elementary bacteriology and elementary toojogv. 5. Coukc-r?. 0. Laundry work. 7. Household economics. 8. Short courses in iirst aid, home nursing, care of children. 9. Art work. 1.0. Textiles, needlework, dressmaking, millinery. Second Year.—l. English. 2. Education. 3. Physiology. 4. Cookery. ( 5. Laundry work. G. Household economics. 7. Sanitation and applied hygiene. 8. Art work. 0. Textiles, needlework, dressmaking, nul-lii-.ery. ~ Tn the third yc-ar of the course the student will undoreo a course of training in practical l teaching, and will be employed in cookery and domestic economy Ctnti-n?. working under supervision. During this year they will 1)0 paici ail allowance of '.670 per" annum. Certificates v. ill bo granted to successful students. The . certificates will be graded, and will rank dcpartmentally, a-i equivalent to tho first-class certificate, and the trained teacher's certificate respectively. Applications have been invited from persons wishine to take nn the course, and intending students should notify the Education Department at once.