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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1920, Page 2

At the sitting of the Pnjyersity Swtfnfe at Dunedin last week ,the report of the Committee on the Diploma. of E'djtoation was adopted. The report sets out: (1) “ There shall be a diploma in eduoption to students of the university who (a) hayp graduated iu arts or science, or who have kept terms in no fewer than subjects in {these courses at an affiliated college; {}?) who have pursued a course of training approved by <the university; and (c) have complied with the conditions hereinafter defined. (l2)The diploma shall testify that the candidate has passed through general professional training in the principles and nraetice of education in which

courses shall be arranged that they may be taken in preparation for either primary or secondary teaching. (3) Subjects for all candidates for the diploma shall be: (a) Psychology, logic, and ethics, as applied to education: (b) principles of education and their practical application in relation to primary and secondry schools; (cl principles and methods of class teaching and .management; (d) development in outline of educational theory and practice from the ,e,nd of ,the eighteenth century(c) .school and personal hygiene. (4) The diploma shall be awarded after examination in ,thp subjects of clause 3, but got up til ,tlic candidate has produced satisfactory evidence of haying pursued a practical course in tile principles >ipd methods of class teaching and management for at

least one academic year in the ease of a candidate who Iras qualified to graduate before his candidature, and of at 'least (wp academic years in the c nse of all other ca.ndidates; nor until lie Jia« produced similar evidence of having pursued a sufficient course ii; tjjo methods of voice management and articulation. Such practice* course to be > rccognised must he pursued at a training college for teachers recognised, by the Education Department or in connection with school education at an affiliated college, (5) A diploma with distinction may foe awarded to a candidate who (a) has graduated in arts or science; (b) presents evidence of having attained a. high standard in the subjects required for the diploma, including the practical course in the training associated therewith; (c) passes a further examination iu the history of edu-

Cation, including the history of educational systems and applications of biology and physiology to hygiene and physical training; and (d) presents a thesis to the satisfaction of the examiner' embodying the results of original research work on some educational problem. (6) A candidate who has given evidence of special acquaintance with methods of teaching applicable to any particular class of school or any particular department of school work shall be entitled to have the fact endorsed on his diploma, but no such endorse- , ment shall be made in respect of subjects of general secondary education i unless the candidate is a graduate. Tile committee also recommends that teachers of education in university colleges be requested to re-define the subject of education for B.A. and to define the subjects in clauses 3 and 5. and report to the April meeting of the , Senate.”