SPECIAL TEACHING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 37, 12 February 1913, Page 4

SPECIAL TEACHING.

Children attending school in countrj districts are necessarily deprived ol many advantages enjoyed by tom children, says a London correspondent The country teacher, dealing witl somewhat denser mental material thai his town rival, can do littlo more thai equip his charges in the ordinary school course. He cannot do mud in teaching special subjects, and whew elaborate apparatus is required for de moustrations and practical instruc tion, the country school must obvious ]y ignore many of the advanced ainu of modern education.. Seeing that the teaching, of domestic economy t( girls is an essential part of the new curriculum, it is important that country school girls should have the same opportunity of learning the rudiments and mysteries of the culinary art as those within easy reach of a cooking centre. This idea has been forcibly presented to education authorities it Wales,, and the latest development of special teaching for all elementary scholars, irrespective of remoteness from population, is the provision of a caravan fitted as a cooking school, which will tour country districts tc impart instruction in the preparation of food, and kitchen management. The perambulating cuisine is provided witl stoves and all the furniture needed for giving practical lessons in domestic cookery, and will be in charge of an expert instructress. Something of the kind is already in operation in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and other school committees are contemplating a similar departure. The van will travel round from school to school spending two or three weeks at each in turn, and during the period of its stay the girls will receive daily lessons in cooking.