CO129-408 - Public Offices & Others - 1913 — Page 104

EXPERIENCE

REMMARKS.

Thornton Public School

1904-1906,

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Pupil Teacher

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Assisting Principal.

Methil Public School 1908-1910,

Certificated Assistant teaching the Qualifying Class.

Raffles Institution, Singapore. 1911-1913.

Master taking Senior Cambridge Class,

Normal Class Instructor in English and Geography.

Mr. Turner is 31 years of age. His father was a

boilermaker., and after leaving the Elementary School in

1895 Mr. Turner worked as an apprentice and later as a

journeyman painter until 1904. In that year he took up

teaching as a pupil teacher in the Thornton Public School,

and in 1906-7 and 1907-8 he underwent his professional

training as a teacher at Edinburgh and obtained his

Teachers Certificate in 1910 after serving the necessary

two years probation in the Methil Public School. During

the necessary the years 1906-10 he attended soverall classes at

Edinburgh University with a view to obtaining his degree.

He has not, however, completed the examination for his

degree owing to his appointment at Singapore.

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in five subject's

Besides obtaining *ke Pass Certificates for the

M.A. Degree, Mr. Turner obtained the Class Certificate

in educational problems at Edinburgh University, and

certificates for teachers'classes in Practical Chemistry

and Swedish Drill held by Provincial Committees of

Glasgow and St. Andrews. Mr. Turner has also been through

a course of Manual Training and can teach Drawing.

Besides his teaching experience in Scotland Mr.

Turner has been for two years and four months in

Singapore