DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2215, 30 July 1914, Page 10

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

leaders of educational ' ' wioGJiEss. ; _ , . (Contributed.) It is particularly fortunate that ii connection with tlie forthcoming Scienc hßn g fit SS p - C "i is -to "have th ! b ® nefit of . visits from one -of; the leader of Mucational progress in' England, an, from one who occupies, a similar nosj tion m the, United States of America •The former is Professor\J. J. Findlay the ■ head of the Department of Educa tion in .the Manchester University, win if W re "uf° Concert Chaml)e of the lou-n Hall, . Wellington, thi opening. The latter.is Dr. PaulHanus Professor. and Dean in' tlie Facility o vard C ° n 311 University of/'Hnr n n^„ E£ i : ''' r is , Probably, best knowi ?£^V menCtt , b 1, 1115 I,o ok. ''Educa ,4™s and Ideational Values S i w '» cll many educationalists in Nev Zealand are doubtless • well acquainted therein the wnter goes .to the basis o; from tlie national, point- oJ view, and he discusses both the orin ciples and their practical application with, special referenco 'tb new countries -Kaaical as his proposals are, the caln: and judicial tones in which ho .introduces and discusses them must claim tlie serious attention even of those whe by. their previous training— not to saj treir prejudices—are inclined to oppose changes m education. He 'dwells especially' upon the essentials ■ and interrelations of primary and secondary education defines the aim of the secondary school as being far train men, workers and.citizens; redefines culture in terms of the needs of, modern life; assigns its proper place to vocational training in the school •programme ; emphasises the importance of a foremost place being given in the scheme of education to tlie boy's or girl's physical development and vigour, on which all his happiness' tind usefulness ultimately depend. Proper opportunity must be given for the growth arid guidance of the emotions, and for the artistic tastes and manual training'must-not be'overlooked. ' Dr.- Hanus's opinions and theories have not been woven merely out of bis own inner consciousness. lilost of his students are graduates or students before they join his classes, and a large part of their work consists in collecting data from all possible sources to throw light upon the various' educational questions and problems tlmt present themselves for solution—that is to say, the classes aro what, is sailed "Seminar" classes, in which the principal work of professors and students is not that of lecturing, and being lectured to, but of a combined research into basic facts and principles. This method of conducting the work of training teachers and directors of education is well worthy of'imitation in our own training colleges, especially for the senior seiidcnts, and it is to be lumed that there may be an opportunity for Professor Haiius to expound his views during his New Zealand visit. The _ • British Association Beception Committee received a telegram yesterdayfrom its secretary in Auckland, stating that Professor Findlay's- lecture there had been a great success, and that AYollingkm could look forward to a treat this evemiK"-