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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 21, No. 11. September 17, 1958
Reorientation of Work
Reorientation of Work
This part of the report contained the most practical suggestions about secondary school curricula we have seen for a long time. Victoria suggested to N.Z.U.S.A. that the Post-Primary Teachers' Association be approached (don't stop reading this—it picks up later on) about recasting Upper Sixth work with a view to making it come closer in scope and nature to university work.
Victoria suggested:
| (i) | That high-school students should be taught to Think about the facts presented to them, and be given more time to pursue their own studies outside formal classes. |
| (ii) | That students preparing for University work should be encouraged to do more work on their own initiative and that teachers should not invoke disciplinary measures if set work isn't done. Revolutionary, but it would do more than anything to keep the misfits like "Salient" reporter out of the universities. |
| (iii) | That more use should be made of the seminar method of studies where students can deliver papers, hold open discussions, etc. |
| (iv) | That more emphasis should be placed on reading works outside the set texts, to balance the narrowness of examination curricula. |