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Appendix D.

Division B, and four University graduates in Division C, have not had'any previous experience as teachers. The great majority—lo3—were ex-pupil-teachers or ex-probationers. In a total enrolment of 115 only twenty-one were males. This reduced proportion is partly due to the war, which accounts for the absence of five men who, under ordinary conditions, would have taken a second year of training. Moreover, three pupil-teachers who had qualified for admission to the College enlisted on the conclusion of their term of apprenticeship. Only a limited number—the more advanced in scholarship and also of robust physique— took the full course at Canterbury College for a University degree, but several others studied for the purpose of gaining University certificates of proficiency in one or more subjects, with the view of qualifying for a teacher's certificate of Class B. All of the students take one or more courses each year, and enjoy the advantages derived from participation, in the life and activities of a University college. The working-conditions of the students at Canterbury College have been greatly improved by the marked forward movement made in the way of structural additions, including the provision of commodious common rooms. Suitable opportunity for practice in teaching and for observation of methods employed by expert teachers has been afforded to the students on the lines indicated m last year s report. Their teaching of classes or drafts has been closely and effectively supervised, and ample provision is made for individual assistance and criticism. During the two-years course oi training each student is offered facilities for studying approved methods in use in practically every class in the main school, as well as in those model schools which more especially deal with the type ot work which the student is likely to undertake alter leaving the Training College. In order to avoid interference with their practice in teaching, which is arranged for three separate groups of students at three separate hours of the daily morning session, lectures given by the Principal and Tutor are duplicated-.,., a lecture delivered at the tirs is" repeated in the third period to another group of students who are not required for teaching practice at that hour. The afternoon periods are devoted entirely to the instruction ot students by the several members of the permanent or visiting staff. was very noticeable. The usual correspondence classes were continued during the year, and those teachers in remote «,.I.J who worked systematically and industriously made substantial progress Such teachers sl.ould be Imlouragecfbv tlie further concessions niade by the. Department in the direction of simplifying the steps by which a teacher's certificate may be acquired. a. .o <l„i™ ccld .„.,«. to ob„. TO the working of the model and other schools in the district. Tkt limitation of space to which attention has been drawn in previous reports was especially rhe limitation o > * cc > l \ ~ , t , ~ . h t enrolment in the history of the Training oT ''a recorded 'ftffi. S accommodatiol was recognized by the Hon. the Minister of College was nx-oided me uw < miscs . A subsequent report on the Training College the urgent need for improved working-Condi-by the Assistant Dim to, o I ication p bt , ( ,. in]|ill<) . o fe f tLe war f or a vote for a new building tions. An application^ made £ JjgJ"* J £ Normal Sohool was over has been ,cnc«o«l. Ai exoeUe t c a P suitab le building will be shortly erected thereon, three years ago, and it sto be bopeo. max , )visi()ll for whi ch has been demanded by The need or S1 nary a ■ V »»; tI J Minister's notice by the Education Board. Set Sim tSim Z togged* and at the present time much-needed improvements are being c cote . ~.„.;.I IK. adar/ted for the purpose is available, yet the arrangement of "V '"wldeli'en ke an asphalted courtyard, affords valuable facilities for open-air the sohool buildings, which enolose an atpnum £ayourab l e In fine weather classes or drafts -c! healthy and pleasing conditions. In ZZeTl*£™te close's ZSStA, visit, to the public gardens and the Museum have been paid, with beneficial results In the course of the >ea, . " ' ~,, lhat some of the students at the time of their Director of Education He notes in n» D oertifioatej ,„„, that , the demand on the time of the College tutor. attempts to repair tnis conducte d by Dr. Borrie, all the members of the class n J t. John Ambulance Association. Swimming classes wereheld as in previous years, in the public baths.

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