EDUCATION CONFERENCE.
THE TEACHING OF ARITHMETIC. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, April 27. At the Imperial Education Conference, Mr. Jackman, ex-president of the National Union of Teachers, advocated tho discontinuance of the teaching, of arithmetic to children between nine and ten years of age. Problems taking months to teach at that ago could be taught in three weeks when the children wero between eleven and twelve. Tho timo saved could be devoted to reading. Mr. Andrews (Western Australia) said that Mr. Jackman's system was used in West Australia, and ho was anxious to know why it had not been generally adopted in England. Dr. Strong, Rector of Montrose Academy, said he was doubtful regarding tho desirability of co-education in secondary schools. In Scotland tho girls matured more rapidly, over-weight-ing the boys from twelve to.fifteen years of age. The education in New South Wales had adopted niany features of the Scotch system,' but did not intend to make High Schools co-educational establishment*-
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1114, 29 April 1911, Page 6
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160EDUCATION CONFERENCE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1114, 29 April 1911, Page 6
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