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The Purpose and Aim of a Primary Teachers' College

The Purpose and Aim of a Primary Teachers' College W. C. RADFORD I propose to offer you some thoughts on a translation of that subject into simpler words: the Primary Teachers College is, in effect, you who are here today, and I am going to presume to speak on the subject What should you do ? I do so with considerable trepidation. I have, of course, every qualification for so speaking-since I have neither spent my student days in such a college, nor taught in one, nor taught except rarely in a primary school-but it is not that so much which troubles me since I am now committed to the task. Rather, is it that in the course of preparing these thoughts I came across that terrifying statement in the introduction to the course of study in English which reads, you will recall, " that it is possible to know, soon after a man opens his mouth to speak, a good deal about the quality of his mind, the width of his experience, and the extent and thoroughness of his education". After reading that, I concluded that whatever else I possessed, it was not the fearful tread of an angel. What should you do ?-you who have in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Education SAGE

The Purpose and Aim of a Primary Teachers' College

Australian Journal of Education , Volume 3 (1): 12 – Apr 1, 1959

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© 1959 Australian Council for Educational Research
ISSN
0004-9441
eISSN
2050-5884
DOI
10.1177/000494415900300103
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Abstract

W. C. RADFORD I propose to offer you some thoughts on a translation of that subject into simpler words: the Primary Teachers College is, in effect, you who are here today, and I am going to presume to speak on the subject What should you do ? I do so with considerable trepidation. I have, of course, every qualification for so speaking-since I have neither spent my student days in such a college, nor taught in one, nor taught except rarely in a primary school-but it is not that so much which troubles me since I am now committed to the task. Rather, is it that in the course of preparing these thoughts I came across that terrifying statement in the introduction to the course of study in English which reads, you will recall, " that it is possible to know, soon after a man opens his mouth to speak, a good deal about the quality of his mind, the width of his experience, and the extent and thoroughness of his education". After reading that, I concluded that whatever else I possessed, it was not the fearful tread of an angel. What should you do ?-you who have in

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Australian Journal of EducationSAGE

Published: Apr 1, 1959

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