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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 3. 1966.

Expedients

Expedients

It is unrealistic to expect that an "army of counsellors can be made to appear overnight: Given this, other expedients, and that word should be emphasised, must be sought. The following few suggestions are obviously not exhaustive, but are merely indications as to possible lines of thought.

If one allows that the methods of study, techniques of instruction and the skills that the student is expected to acquire at the university differ materially from those stressed in the post-primary schools, then clearly, the need for training in university - oriented skills is necessary. Examples of the kind of basic skill I am thinking of would be in the field of note taking, speed reading and comprehension, the use of library and other technical resources. I appreciate that the students' association, with the co-operation of members of the academic staff, not to mention the library staff, are in part fulfilling this function: It dues not seem unfair to note that the services which are at present, provided are somewhat sporadic, hit-or-miss affairs.