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Adult Education In Post-War Australia, Colin Robert Badger

Future of Education

It cannot be denied that we will need more and more adult education in post-war Australia. There are many encouraging signs that the people of Australia are becoming aware of the deficiencies of their educational systems, and that reform and reconstruction, long overdue, will be bought about by the steady pressure of public opinion. There is a strong demand for a general raising of the school leaving age, for revised and better curricula, for better professional training for teachers, and for far more liberal provision of school buildings and equipment. And there is, fortunately, an increasingly strong demand for adult …

Acer 1943-1944 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Education For Democracy, John Dudley Gibbs Medley

Future of Education

The authors general thesis is that if we are serious about the need of planning for better world after the war the first thing to start thinking about is education. This is done by developing two definitions of two familiar words and then stating four general propositions. The first word is democracy which the author defines as a system of society in which a large majority of the citizens are not only qualified in mind and body to play a significant part in the common business of community, but actually have opportunities to do so. Secondly, education is defined as …

Reform In The Primary School., J. M. Braithwaite, C. R. Mcrae, R. G. Staines

Future of Education

The pamphlet suggests reforms to primary school education as every Australian state there had been successive revisions of the course of study, all expressing a shift of emphasis away from monotonous grind and repetition, and towards such occupations as art, handwork, music, and physical education. But the movement towards better things was slow. [p. 5, ed]

We have seen that, during primary school years, the child grows in four main ways-physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially. The function of the primary school is to ensure successful growth of all four kinds. It is a fair criticism of the average school that …

A Plan For Australia., Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Future of Education

This pamphlet seeks to present a positive program for Australian education. It sets out measures in the field of educational administration which are considered to be desirable as objectives for the immediate post-war period. [p.5]

Education For Some..., John A. La Nauze

Future of Education

The author discusses educational opportunity, which he feels should be broadened, whilst at the same time the kinds of education provided should be changed, adapted and extended.

Acer 1941-1942 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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No abstract provided.

Acer 1940-1941 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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No abstract provided.

Acer 1939-1940 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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No abstract provided.

Acer 1938-1939 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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No abstract provided.

Acer 1937-1938 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Education For Complete Living: The Challenge Of Today. Programme, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER historical documents

The Programme for the New Education Fellowship Conference held in Australia, August 1 - September 20, 1937.

Acer 1936-1937 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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No abstract provided.

Acer 1935-1936 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

The report of the Executive Officer discusses the Council’s relationship with the Carnegie Corporation, the problem of future support, Support from Teachers' Unions, visitors’ grants, plans for the New Education Fellowship Conference, the Conference on education in Pacific countries held at Honolulu in July, 1936, the Committee on Secondary Education, standardization of tests and the work of the Library Group. The report includes updates from each of the state institutes for educational research, and lists the Members of Council, 1935-1936 and the publications of the Council.

Acer 1934-1935 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 1933-1934 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 1932-1933 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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The Story Of An Australian Nursery School, Mary Valentine Gutteridge

Australian Educational Studies

The opening of this Nursery School forms a part of an extensive movement that is taking place in many countries of the world. The Nursery School has sprung into existence to meet the needs of the child, who, no longer a baby in arms, is not yet ready for the activities of the kindergarten. This child at eighteen months has outgrown the ordinary nursery; is longing for something that will challenge his growing powers of mind and body, and for the opportunity of playing with those of his own age and strength. The Nursery School is a definite result of …

The Length Of The Teacher's Professional Life, Kenneth Stewart Cunningham

Australian Educational Studies

The figures given in this paper are based on data supplied by five of the Australian States. The aim of the investigation was to obtain some indication of the average length of service of teachers employed by the State Education Departments. The method used was to ascertain the age on retirement, the length of service, and the cause of retirement of each teacher who ceased to be employed by the various Departments during the years 1928, 1929 and 1930. (p.1)

Acer 1931-1932 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Primary Education By Correspondence: Being An Account Of The Methods And Achievements Of The Australian Correspondence Schools In Instructing Children Living In Isolated Areas, Kenneth Stewart Cunningham

Student learning processes

An account of the methods and achievements of the Australian correspondence schools in instructing children living in isolated areas. It seems that Australia can claim to be the first country to have shown in a systematic way, and on a large scale, that it is possible to provide by correspondence a complete elementary education for children who have never been to school. Cunningham reviews the conditions giving rise to correspondence instruction, the growth and scope of the Correspondence Schools, curricula and methods, attainments and progress of pupils.

Acer 1930-1931 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Individual Education: Being An Account Of An Experiment In Operation At The Thebarton Technical High School, South Australia, Charles Fenner, A.G. Paull

Australian Educational Studies

The experiment which is dealt With in this paper arose out of a stimulating discussion regarding the "Dalton Plan," which took place in the Education Section at the Perth meeting of the Association in 1926. The experiment at the Thebarton Technical High School was put into operation from the beginning of 1927, and a preliminary account was read at the Hobart meeting in 1928. That account was published in abstract in Volume XIX of the Proceedings of the Association, and in full as Bulletin No. 2 of the South Australian Education Department (S.A. Education Gazette, 1928, pp. 148-150 and 182-184). …