Word: shaplin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Before the current small-scale teaching programs for Nigeria can expand, the country must create a definite place for Americans in the development of her secondary schools, according to Judson T. Shaplin '42, associate dean of the Graduate School of Education...
...Shaplin, who has just completed a study of teacher training in Nigeria and other British Commonwealth countries, called Nigeria "very poorly prepared to receive American teachers" at present. Most applicants are placed in the nation's secondary schools at random as vacancies which meet their qualifications appear...
This method works well for a small number of "volunteer" teachers. But an accompanying development of Nigeria's educational system would, in Shaplin's opinion, result in Americans replacing Nigerians of lower quality and training. This, he believes, would hinder rather than help educational progress in the long...
American teachers could serve Nigeria's long range interests in two ways, Shaplin said. First, they could replace Nigerian Faculty members temporarily to help native teachers receive further training through increased sabbatical opportunities...