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Pronunciation Errors In The Spontaneous Speech Of A Group Of Pre-School Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Between 20th November and 1st December 1950, a study was made of the spontaneous vocabulary of a group of twenty-four pre-school children in an inner suburb of Melbourne. The main purpose of the study was to examine the quantity and quality of vocabulary used by the children in a variety of situations, together with as many related factors as possible. Through the co-operation of a speech therapist associated with a speech clinic at the Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, a phonetic record was made of samples of the spontaneous speech of each of the twenty-four children. [p.1, ed]

There was no …

Errors In The Use Of English By A Group Of Pre-School Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Information Bulletin No. 21 reported the pronunciation errors of a group of pre-school children in an inner suburb of Melbourne. This bulletin reports their errors in English Usage.

The group consisted of twelve boys and twelve girls, all of whom in 1951 enrolled for the first time at a state school in Melbourne. They were observed, and their speech recorded, for the ten days November 20-24, and November 27-December 1st while in a special group formed for the purpose at the Lady Gowrie Centre in Melbourne. Their ages ranged from 4 years 10 months to 5 years 8 months. The …

A Speech Vocabulary Of Australian Pre-School Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Between 20th November and 1st December 1950, the A.C.E.R. brought together a group of twenty-four children at the Lady Gowrie Child Centre in Melbourne for the purpose of studying their vocabulary.

Stenographers recorded as much as possible of the spontaneous speech of the children during play and other activities. Complete records were also obtained of their speech while talking the Terman-Merrill, Rorschach, Buhler and Murray tests, and while talking about a series of twenty-there pictures portraying a wide range of scenes and activities.

From those records (with the exception of the Murray test) a list of all the words used …

The Structure Of The Spontaneous Speech Of A Group Of Pre-School Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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This bulletin reports the results of an analysis into certain categories of about 12,000 spontaneous utterances of a group of pre-school children. It is hoped that it will be found useful in providing suggestions as to the base from which oral expression work in the infant grade might start. [p.1, ed]

The group consisted of twelve boys and twelve girls, all of whom in 1951 enrolled for the first time at a state school in Melbourne. They were observed, and their speech recorded, for the ten days November 20-24, and November 27 -December 1st, 1950, while in a special group …

Physical And Health Education In The Universities And Colleges Of Canada, The United States Of America And Great Britain., R. K. Gray, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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This report sets out information gained from a survey of the professional training and service or required programmes of Physical and Health Education in the universities and colleges of Canada, United States of America, and Great Britain. It contains an account of departmental organisation, staffing, course duration, facilities, course content, time allocation and degrees conferred at each institution visited. From this data an attempt has been made to distinguish the common pattern existing in each of these countries and to draw some implications for Australian purposes. It is hoped that the information contained herein will be of value to physical …

The Experimental Rural School Errol Street, North Melbourne, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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This is a school originally established to assist in training teachers in Victoria for work in one teacher rural schools. It is attached to, and administratively part of, a large primary school at Errol Street, in North Melbourne, one of the poorer inner suburbs of Melbourne. The teacher in charge of the rural school is given considerable freedom to develop new methods and course of study. Since 1947 this school has not been used as a training centre.

Taken individually, few of the features of this school are so uncommon in the Victorian state system as to warrant a special …

Short Courses And University Summer Schools In Britain 1949, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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The British Council is again organising several general courses and University Summer Schools in the United Kingdom this year. These may be of interest to Australians going to Britain, and particularly to teachers and post-graduate students. These may appeal to those wanting more than a superficial holiday in Britain. They include courses on Actors and Acting, the Nursing Profession, Librarianship, Forestry, Local Government, Juvenile Delinquency, Industrial Welfare, English Literature, Music and so on. They are held between April and October at various places in Britain, last about a fortnight, and the average inclusive fee is about £20. [p.1, ed]

Some Statistical Data On Education In Australia, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Tables Showing Numbers of Schools, Students and Teachers for All States and Australia, 1946.

Sources from which the information has been obtained are indicated by numbers in brackets in front of the figure given.

(1 Annual report of State department.

(2 Gazette or classified roll of state department.

(3 Statistical register or year book of state,

(4 University calendar.

(5 Information supplied by state department.

(6 Quoted by Dr. Sanders in Student Selection & Academic Success (Commonwealth Office Research Series, No.1).

Short Courses And University Summer Schools In Britain 1950, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Encouraged by the success of the programme of courses for 1949, the British Council has allowed in 1950 for some expansion both in the numbers of courses and in the variety of subjects. These courses, together' with the University Summer Schools, may prove of interest to some Australians going to Britain, especially to those who wish to have something more than a superficial holiday. The Courses are attended by a wide variety of people -business executives, post-graduate students, teachers, etc., representing many nations. Visits to illustrate the lectures are arranged and also excursions to places of interest. The subjects chosen …

An Examination Of Some Aspects Of Grade Placement Of Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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The three investigations reported here deal with three aspects of the grade placement of children of the same age. Originally, they were carried out as independent projects, but as the conclusions became obvious it was seen that they were really closely related. The first attempts to answer the question "How many children pass through all stages of primary education without repeating a stage?”. The second compares the achievements in reading skills of children in the same grade but of different ages. The third is purely factual and compares the performances of children who are repeating a grade with those of …

Higher Education For American Democracy, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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On July 13, 1946, President Truman appointed a number of outstanding American civic and educational leaders to a Presidential Commission on Higher Education, charging them to examine the functions of higher education in the United States of America and the best means to perform these, On December 11th 1947 the chairman of the Commission (George F. Zook) submitted the first volume of the report of the Commission to the President.

The six volumes of the report are all titled "Higher Education for American Democracy" and are, in order: Vol. 1, Establishing the Goals, 2. Equalizing and Expanding Individual Opportunity. 3. …

Short Summer Courses In England Arranged By The British Council, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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In view of the increasing number of Australian teachers and post-graduate students who have proceeded to Britain during the past year and the possibility that these numbers will increase during succeeding years, it seems that information regarding short summer courses available in Britain may be of interest to those planning overseas tours.

The information contained in this bulletin is a precis of pamphlets and circulars supplied by the British Council, and the Bulletin itself has been checked by the Victorian officer of that body. Even although the time remaining before the closing date for nominations may, in many cases, be …

Comparative Age-Grade Levels In State Schools Of The Australian States, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Some years ago, the Australian Council for Educational Research prepared a table of the equivalent grades in the six Australian States. In 1945 and 1946 the R.A.A.F Vocational Guidance Service reprinted the upper section of this table, together with other information regarding post-primary courses and examinations, as "Comparative Educational Levels in the Australian States”. While it is now fairly evident, from the comparison of curricula end results in our curriculum survey, that there are no strictly comparable levels in the content of courses or in the mean ages of children, the R.A.A.F. table has apparently proved useful to head masters …

Opinions Of Victorian Teachers On Co-Education, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Few questions divide educational opinion more acutely than that as to whether boys and girls at the secondary stage should be taught in the same school or in separate schools. Public opinion in Australia is in the same position. According to the results of a Gallup Poll published in March 1947, fifty per cent were in favour of teaching together boys and girls of 11 years and over, 42 per cent would teach them separately, and 8 per cent were undecided. Adults between twenty and thirty years of age showed a distinctly more favourable attitude towards co-education than did older …

The Married Woman Teacher And The Right To Teach, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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This bulletin compares investigations carried out by the International Bureau of Education (IBE) in 1932 with a subsequent consultation conducted in 1946 regarding the right for married women to teach. The IBE contacted 45 countries, 40 of whom declared that they made no distinction between married and unmarried women as to their right to teach. Of these, some had complementary remarks including different measures of maternity leave available. The remaining 5 countries, including Australia, did not sanction the employment of married women teachers. Four other countries allowed women to teach, but subject to certain restrictions, and several more, including the …

Engineering Education, Australian Council For Educational Research

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In 1946 Mr K. S. Lennie, of Sydney Technical College conducted a survey of opinion on Professional Engineering Education in Australia. He submitted a questionnaire to 200 representative individuals concerned with engineering including graduate and non-graduate engineers, senior and junior engineers, university and technical college teachers, and industrialists, government and private, representing both civil and mechanical engineering. Replies were received from 41% of those approached, and from an analysis of those replies the conclusions were reached which are presented in this bulletin.

Matriculation Requirements At Australian, New Zealand And Some English And Scottish Universities, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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The information included in this bulletin is a compressed statement on the matriculation requirements of Universities in Australia, New Zealand, England and Scotland. It was originally prepared for use in the A.C.E.R. office for reference purposes but because of requests for similar information from varied sources, and in the belief that it might prove of more general value, it is reproduced here without expansion as a Bulletin in our Information Series.

Errors In The Marking Of Printed Tests, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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The following comments are the result of preliminary analysis of some errors made by a random sample of teachers in marking the test papers of pupils who, in 1946, took part in the testing programme in connection with the Curriculum Survey being conducted by the A.C.E.R.

All schools where children did the tests were asked to select a certain number of papers at random from each grade and forward them to the A.C.E.R. The numbers sent in from each school were roughly proportional to the size of the school. Thus large schools sent in more papers per grade than the …

Sex Education In New South Wales, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer), Beryl King

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This bulletin includes a study conducted in 1946 by Miss Beryl King, at that time on the staff of the Armidale Teachers’ College in New South Wales, who surveyed the amount and type of sex education given through schools or churches across three states, Victoria, NSW, and Queensland. It found that non-departmental (private) schools teach more biological science involving reproduction than did departmental (public) schools. Furthermore, it suggests that there is little administrative difference regarding sex education in the three states, with any steps taken to instruct on sex education resting entirely with the teachers themselves. The questionnaires were also …

Some Current Problems In English Education, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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On the question of organisition at the secondary level Australia, as a whole has not given evidence of any very clear-cut policy. The common practice is to provide separate academic and technical schools in the capital cities and large country towns with certain intermediate types of school which may have a bias in one direction and may act primarily: as “feeders” to schools giving more advanced courses. Except in Tasmania the “modern school” has not emerged very explicitly. In many of the smaller country centres, however, we find dual or multi-purpose schools. It is not easy to say whether these …

1946 Term Dates : Primary And Secondary Schools In The Australian States : Numbers Of Pupils Involved., Australian Council For Educational Research

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This 1945 bulletin was compiled by the Australian Council for Educational Research based on Australian state Education Gazettes to show the dates each of the three school terms by state and level of schooling. It estimated the numbers of pupils affected for each type of school in each state. Term dates for Private Schools were not available, and assumed to show great variation even in any one State.

A Brief Guide To Australian Universities (Preliminary Draft), Australian Council For Educational Research

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This 1946 Bulletin was compiled primarily for the guidance of overseas students wishing to study at Australian universities. For the six Australian universities at that time (Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland, Adelaide, Western Australia, and Tasmania - plus New England University College and Canberra University College) the bulletin provides an overview of university administration, admission requirements, living conditions, residential facilities, general expenses and care of student health. It outlines fees and scholarships available, a summary of courses and subjects of study, and information about social life and student societies. Statistics include teaching staff, student enrolments, fees for courses and for residential colleges, …

Travelling Scholarships Available To Australians For Study Overseas, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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The detailed statements show that in 1945, approximately 31 scholarships were normally available each year for competition among Australian students who wish to continue their studies overseas. National scholarships included the Rhodes Scholarship, 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarships, British Council Scholarships and the Gowrie Scholarship Trust fund. The remainder of scholarships were state-based. The majority of scholarships were for engineering and Science. Free Passages scholarships were provided by the Australian and New Zealand Shipping Companies.

State Expenditure On Education In Australia And Some Overseas Countries, Australian Council For Educational Research

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No abstract provided.