RESEARCH OFFICER

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 143, 19 June 1934, Page 5

RESEARCH OFFICER

EDUCATIONAL INVESTIGATION

Dr. C. E. Beeby, who is at present Acting Professor of Philosophy at Canterbury University College,' has been appointed executive officer ot the New Zealand Council for Educational • Eesearch. Dr. Beeby, who holds'the M:A; degree (N.Z.) with first-class honours in philosophy and the Ph.D. of' Manchester, has had a wide experience of the methods of research in psychology and education not only in New Zealand, but also in Great Britain and the United States.. ~

The Council for Educational .Research was set up by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is being financed by that body for five ' years. The corporation took this action after it was satisfied' by the report of,-a small committee that there was a wide field for educational research "in thia country, and that the .movement •would, have the hearty co-operation ,of the Education Department, the University, education boards, secondary schools, and other educational bodies.

Applications for the posts of executive officer, who' will ■ direct the researches approved by the council,; were received from, England, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, and, in view of the importance of the position, a very full and careful inquirywas necessary before an appointment could be made. .... ,

In August, Dr. Beeby will visit Australia to make Contact with the officers of a similar body there, and to inquire into its organisation and methods. On his return the council will begin to establish a local branch.of the movement in each university- centre. Dr. Beeby will not be free from his dutieaat Canterbury College till November, but in the meantime. a small sub-com-mittee is preparing a draft of a plan for research, and it is "expected that active operations will begin early in the coming year. Dr. Beeby, will be stationed in Wellington. .