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3. Teachers wishing to go further should, after teaching for not less than two or 
more than four years, be allowed to return for a third year’s study under the 
same conditions as those now provided by the Diploma Courses of London 
University. 
4. Those teachers who after another period of teaching return for a fourth year 
study (which should include some work in psychology based on school experi- 
ence) should be granted a degree in education on satisfactorily completing the 
course. 
The advantages of this course are not only that it provides for those teachers 
who are primarily interested in children, but that it guards against the exhaustion of 
that interest by arranging for the degree to be taken in stages, thus preserving for 
teachers the impetus to learn. On the practical side such a degree course has the 
further advantages that there would be no sudden influx of graduates of one type 
such as the Universities dread, nor would there be any sudden increase of expenditure. 
The recommendations of the Departmental Committee on the Training of Teachers 
as to a closer connexion between Universities and Training Colleges, open the way to 
such a development. Should Training Colleges eventually become Schools of the 
University, teachers both for primary and secondary schools would be brought 
together for their vocational education. 
Miss E. R. Conway.—Preliminary Academic Training. 
A wide course of continued education up to at least 18 years of age in a secondary 
school and to an increasing extent in universities. 
Same financial assistance to intending teachers as is available for others training 
for occupations which demand a similar standard of education. 
Preferential treatment of intending teachers in the past 
(i) has led to early earmarking of candidates often found unsuitable ; 
(ii) has lowered dignity and prestige of teaching profession ; 
(iii) has tended to depreciate conditions of service in-elementary schools. 
Examinations—Candidates should pass First Schools Examination at about the 
age of 16 plus, and a Second School Examination, or the equivaient, at the age of 
18 plus, as a minimum qualification for training. 
Training for Teaching.—Candidates should enter a training college for a course 
professional in character and aim and calculated to promote skill in the art of teaching. 
The distinction between training for primary and secondary education should be 
abolished. 
There should be included— 
(i) observation of work of trained experts ; 
(ii) adequate school practice under supervision in varieties of schools ; 
(iii) opportunities for study of educational influences in the life of the individual 
and of the community, including welfare work. 
2. Discussion on Diet in Relation to Health in Schools. 
Dr. G. E. Frienp.—The Public School Dietary and its Relation to 
Health. 
Is the dietary supplied efficient for its purpose ? 
(a) The essential constituents. 
(6) The amounts of the constituents required. 
(c) Conditions which govern the amounts required: e.g. exercise, work, amount 
of sleep, time allowed for meals, and proper cooking and service of food. 
The essential data in the problem of School Feeding. 
The amount of food (eaten) ) should equal dane amount of work. 
f or slightly +The amount of play. 
The amount of sleep exceed (The rate of growth. 
The effects of sunlight and fresh air must be taken into account on both sides of 
_thisequation. The balance (?.e. rate of individual growth and efficiency) will be affected 
by illness, weather and temperature. Variations from the normal rate will be best 
shown by the records of weight, illness and fatigue. 
The normal rate of growth during the period of boarding-school life is, when graphic- 
ally expressed, an ascending switchback, the maximum lift usually occurring in the 
summer holiday, and on to November. 
