SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1976
TEACHER - PUPIL RELATIONSHIPS
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THE QUALITY OF TEACHER-PUPIL RELATIONSHIPS INFLUENCES PROFOUNDLY THE INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY SAID TONIGHT AT THE SILVER JUBILEE DINNER OF THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
+ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF BEING A GOOD TEACHER, THERE ARE SOME CRITERIA BY WHICH THE GOOD TEACHER CAN BE IDENTIFIED. HE IS A VITAL, BALANCED, WHOLESOME PERSON TO WHOM PARENTS ARE HAPPY TO ENTRUST THEIR CHILDREN,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.
THE TEACHER MUST BE AWARE OF HIS POWER AND INFLUENCE.
THE DIRECTOR STRESSED THAT THE TEACHER MUST GROW NOT ONLY IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECTS TAUGHT, IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE LEARNER AND THE LEARNING PROCESS, BUT ALSO IN UNDERSTANDING OF HIMSELF AND THE NEED FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF HIS OWN CULTURE AND PERSONALITY.
THE TEACHER SHOULD HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF PURPOSE, OF THE WORTHWHILENESS OF HIS WORK, AND OF THE VITAL AND IMPORTANT PLACE HE OCCUP FES IN THE COMMUN11
THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1951, STARTED WITH AN ENROLMENT OF 64 IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AT KING'S COLLEGE.
IT MOVED INTO PERMANENT PREMISES IN GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON EARLY IN 1952. THE COLLEGE NOW HAS, AMONG ITS MANY FACILITIES, A LECTURE THEATRE, A GAMES HALL AND AN ANNEXE IN HUNG HOM.
IN THE CURRENT YEAR THE COLLEGE HAS ON ITS ROLL 470 FULL-TIME STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO 740 TEACHERS ATTENDING IN-SERVICE COURSES.
+FURTHER, AS THE COLLEGE IS FREQUENTLY USED AS A VENUE FOR CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS, IT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF HONG KONG,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.
• SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, AFTER WHOM THE COLLEGE IS NAMED, SENT A MESSAGE TO MARK THE OCCASION AND CONGRATULATED ALL THOSE WHO, OVER THE YEARS, HAD HELPED TO MAKE THE COLLEGE A COMPLETE SUCCESS.
THE FORMER GOVERNOR, DESCRIBING HIMSELF AS A +GUEST IN ABSENTIA+, SAID THAT THIS SUCCESS BENEFITED THE GRADUATES FIRST, THEN THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION IN GENERAL AND FINALLY THE COMMUNETY AT LARGE.
/HE ADDED:
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