While the general subject herein examined is undoubtedly multi‐faceted, the main emphasis in the paper will be upon the particular steps taken to ensure the retention of as reasonable an emphasis as possible on the acquisition of practical teaching skills, while at the same time making adequate provision for the higher level of academic work which involvement with the university necessarily presupposes.
Very particularly the college was conscious of the danger which had attended the attempts of many institutions in other countries in seeking to effect the transition in question: namely, that the traditional preoccupation of universities with theoretical studies could easily lead to a serious diminution of emphasis on skill acquisition which, in the past, constituted one of the main strengths of the training college tradition.
The purpose of this paper is not by any means to give the impression that the college in question has found the ideal answer to this major problem. It would, however, on the basis of its experience, confidently submit, that the approach it has taken clearly possesses distinct advantages which are well worthy of serious consideration by any institution contemplating a similar transition. 相似文献