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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"Large numbers of teachers who are not competent professional students of educational problems constitute a menace to the national well-being of a democracy," Henry W. Holmes, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, stated yesterday. He proposed professional training of aspirants to teaching posts as a solution to the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEED FOR TRAINED TEACHERS STRESSED | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

In his annual report, made public yesterday, Holmes stressed the necessity of a scientific knowledge of the various educational problems to a teacher. He attacked the numerous false standards employed by secondary school authorities in the selection of a teacher, declaring that a pleasant "beside manner" alone did not qualify...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEED FOR TRAINED TEACHERS STRESSED | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

"The public ought to be warned," Holmes asserted, "and the whole educational profession united against the naturally capable but untrained teacher whose very success keeps people from realizing how important it is that educational problems should be studied and that all teachers should study them."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEED FOR TRAINED TEACHERS STRESSED | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Holmes deplored the use of political influence to obtain teaching positions in public schools, and declared that if the superficial requirements for teachers were to be changed, then "institutions of university rank must lead the way in a very different and much more radical attack on the direct preparation of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEED FOR TRAINED TEACHERS STRESSED | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Three things which a prospective teacher might derive from professional courses in education, Holmes said, are: (1) an understanding of the part played by general intelligence in the progress of a pupil; (2) an understanding of the special mental operations and habits required by the course; and (3) knowledge of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEED FOR TRAINED TEACHERS STRESSED | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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