WOMEN TEACHERS.
CAUSES of broken health. A LADY DOCTOR'S REPORT. By Telegraph. —"'T.v, Association. Auckland, ?.nsf Xight, 1'!io Hoard of Kdu.'stic! to-day refirrcd to (lie Council of Education :i report )jy Or. Elizalj'ih McDonald, in regard to the of absence from duty of female teachers, ; specially pupil tone■hers. Tin' report, referred to tinlong hours spent in .study by pupil teachers. resulting in irregularity of meals and curtailed liours of sleep. Referring to the frequent breakdowns of assistant teachers, the (teeter Allied thai tile causes lay in too large eias ; , overcrowded working conditions, and tin' diliienlty of country teachers in geltim; reasonably good homes. The doctor said that the improved health and happiness of teachers would not be gained until (lie classes: were reduced to forty pupils for one teacher. Many women teachers gol nervous exhaustion by dcvot.ioif to lalse standards of efliciciicy. There was too much working for exievnal results, too much pressure for e.v.iiujnafions, an I 100 little scope for originality ami individuality.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1917, Page 4
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164WOMEN TEACHERS. Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1917, Page 4
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