Looking at Education
[Tt was a sound idea to share the Looking at Education series among speakers representing different interests in the community, thus permitting criticism of recent changes as well as justification. The parent who spoke first gave on the whole a balanced survey, but her plea for extended art facilities struck me as being a somewhat false emphasis-until she explained that she herself had once taught art. I expected stronger criticism from the businessman, and it came-the familiar complaints of illiteracy and lack of the will to work. Calling Herbert Spencer to his aid, he suggested that one of the results of new educational trends has been to make young people seek remunerative, rather than spiritually (continued on next page)
(continued from previous page) satisfying, occupations, and that they are reluctant to pursue higher studies since academic and technical qualifications do not receive enough recognition. While believing myself that there is a strong case for the negative, I felt that this speaker, was blaming recent educational changes for effects actually produced by quite different social factors. Before the series ends, I hope a secondary school teacher of languages is allowed to express his views, which should make an interesting contrast with those of the teacher already heard.
J.C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 530, 19 August 1949, Page 10
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211Looking at Education New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 530, 19 August 1949, Page 10
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