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MONDAY, JULY 11, 1983.
+THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SOME DOUBT AS TO THIS IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE BUT THIS CASE IS A CLASSICAL EXAMPLE OF WHERE A TRANSPORT ROUTE SHOULD BE CONVERTED FROM BUS TO MAXICAB OPERATION.
+AS TRANSPORT PLANNERS WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE CORRECT MODE TO DO EACH JOB. IN This CASE, GIVEN THE DENSITY OF TRAFFIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE POOR ROAD CONDITIONS, MAXICABS ARE FAR MORE APPROPRIATE THAN BUSES.+
GRADUATES GET ADVICE ON TEACHING
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THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR KENNETH TOPLEY, TODAY (MONDAY) GAVE ADVICE TO SEVERAL HUNDRED PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS ON HOW TO SUCCEED IN THEIR PROFESSION.
SPEAKING AT THE FIRST JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL, MR TOPLEY SAID TEACHERS MUST HAVE MASTERY OF WHAT THEY TEACH.
+IF THEY DO NOT, THEN THE TEACHING APPROACH USUALLY BECOMES ONE OF SLAVISH ADHERENCE TO THE TEXTBOOK WITH HARDLY ANY EXCHANGE BETWEEN PUPIL AND TEACHER DURING LESSONS - A RECIPE FOR FRUSTRATION.+
HE ADDED THAT TEACHERS MUST, IN ADDITION, COMMAND THE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS REQUIRED TO TEACH THEIR SUBJECT TO CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT AGES, APTITUDES AND BACKGROUNDS.
+YOU HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO MAKE YOUR SUBJECT ACCESSIBLE TO PUPILS OF ALL KINDS AND TO ASSESS THEIR PROGRESS, + HE SAID.
NOTING THAT QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING DID NOT EXHAUST THE QUALITIES REQUIRED OF A TEACHER, MR TOPLEY SAID THAT PERSONALITY, CHARACTER AND COMMITMENT WERE AS IMPORTANT AS THE SPECIFIC SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE USED IN THE CLASSROOM.
MR TOPLEY SAID THAT AS TEACHERS THEY ALSO NEEDED THOSE SKILLS WHICH WERE VITAL FOR THE EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR ROLE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, IN THE SOCIAL AND CORPORATE LIFE OF THE SCHOOL AND IN RELATIONSHIP TO PARENTS AND TO THE COMMUNITY.
+YOUR PERSONAL QUALITIES INFLUENCE YOUR EFFECTIVENESS AS
A TEACHER VERY DECISIVELY, HE SAID.
FINALLY, MR TOPLEY URGED TEACHERS TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING THEMSELVES UP TO DATE AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE UNIVERSITIES.
+BOTH THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CURRICULUM HAVE TO RESPOND
TO NEW IDEAS AND CHANGING EXPECTATIONS, HE SAID.
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, ALSO ATTENDED
TODAY'S GRADUATION CEREMONY.
THE PRINCIPAL OF GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, DR Y.F. KONG, REPORTED THAT 670 FULL-TIME COURSE GRADUATES AND 301 PART-TIME COURSE GRADUATES HAD COMPLETED THEIR STUDIES AT THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION THIS YEAR.
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