Madeley College – Prospectus

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

MADELEY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

PROSPECTUS

GENERAL INFORMATION

PRINCIPAL:
MISS E. G. MALLOCH, M.A.

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
N. E. BROWNING, ESQ., M.B.E., M.A.

COLLEGE COUNCIL;

The College Council consists of the following representatives:

Staffordshire Local Education Authority Alderman J. E. Horton (Chairman)

Alderman J. M. Macmillan (Vice-Chairman)

Councillor Mrs. L. M. Barker

Councillor E. H. Beet, M.A.

Councillor Mrs. D. M. Bigham, J.P.

Mrs. O. A. Dale

Councillor H. T. Walton

Councillor A. G. Ward, J.P.

University of Birmingham Institute of Education 1 vacancy

University of Keele M. K. Paffard, Esq., M.A.

Stoke-on-Trent Local Education Authority Alderman Mrs. D. Robinson, C.B.E., J.P.

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STAFF

Principal:

Miss E. G. MALLOCH, M.A.(Hons), Dip. Ed.(Edin.)

Deputy Principals:

MADELEY: Mr. G. Richardson, B.Sc.(Hons)(Lond.), Teachers’ Cert. NELSON: Mrs. A. Hudspith, M.A.(Keele).

EDUCATION

* Mr. W. J. H. Read, B.Sc.Econ., Acad.Dip.Ed.(Lond.), F.R.S.A.

* Mrs. E. T. Parry, M.A.(St.And.), M.Ed.

Miss R. Bakewell, Dip. Child Development (Lond.)

Mr. K. J. Bracken, Teachers’ Cert.

Mr. R. J. Cootes, B.A.(Hons)(Nott.), Acad.Dip.Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. G. D. Davies, B.A., L.Th.(Lamp.), M.Ed.(Birm.), G.B.Ps.S.

Mr. A. G. Goddard, B.A.(Hons)(L’pool), Cert.Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. P. R. W. Grainge, Adv.Dip.Ed.(Nott.)

Mr. M. Hibbert, B.A,(Hons)(Lond.), Teachers’ Cert.

Miss W. E. Howe, Dip. Pri.Ed.(N’castle)

Mr. G. J. Machin, B.Se.Econ., Acad. Dip. Ed.(Lond.), F. R. S. A.

Miss F. P. Marsh, Dip. Pri. Ed. (Leeds), N.F.F. Trainers’ Cert., L.G.S.M.

† Mr. J. R. Millard, Dip.Soc.Sci., Dip.Hist., Dip.Ed.E.S.N.,

Dip.Soc.(Lond.), Teachers’ Cert.

Mr. D. J. Newton, B.Se.Econ., Cert.Ed.(Lond.)

Miss B. M. Norgain, B.Sc.(Hons)(Dunelm), Cert.Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. A. O’Donnell. B.A.(Hons)(L’pool), M.Ed.(Bristol)

Mr. J. R. Pearce, B.Sc.Econ., Acad.Dip.Ed,(Lond.)

Mr. D. A. Pigott, B.A.(Hons)(Lond.), M.Ed.Leic.)

Mr. G. S. G. Rao, B.A., B.Ed.(Mys), Acad.Dip.Ed.(Lond.), M.Phil.(Lond.)

Mr. J. Stamper, B.A.(Lond.), M.A.(Keele), Dip.Psych.Childhood(Birm.)

† Mr. R. Speake, M.Litt.(Lancaster), Adv.Dip.Ed.(Manch.)

Mr. D. Telford, B.A.(Hons), Teachers’ Cert. (Wales)

Mr. J. E. White, M.Ed.(Manch.), A.M.I.Mech.E., F.R.S.A.

Mr. A. .I. Wilson, B.A.(Hons)(Manch.), Dip.Phil.Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. R. J. Young, Assoc.Dip.Pri.Ed,(Camb.)

ART AND CRAFT

Mr. A. Birns, F.C.C. Ed., F.R.S.A Teachers’ Cert.

* Miss I. V. Brailsford, N.D.D., A.T.D.

Mr. C. J. Cook, N.D.D., A.T.D.

Mr. A. G. Johnson, B.A.(Hons), Dip.Ed.(Dunelm)

Mr. S. W. Morris, N.D.D., A.T.D., A.R.B.S.A.

Mrs. M. Smith, Teachers’ Cert. (Manch.)

† Mrs. F. A. Watkins, N.D.D. Cert.Ed.(Leeds,)

ARTS

* Mr. P. T. Burnett, M.A., Dip.Ed.(Oxon.)

Mr. A. J. Fox, A.D.B., L.R.A,M_ L.G.S.M., Teachers’ Cert.

Mr. D. H. Larder, A.D.B., Cert.Ed.(Leeds)

† Miss S. K. Lee, Cert.Ed.(N’castle)

ECONOMICS

* Mr. D. J. Hancock, M.A.(Hons)(St.And.), Cert.Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. D. P. Gabriel, B.Sc.(Lond.)

Mr. P. S. Fowler, B.Sc.Econ. (Hons), Dip.Ed.(Sheff)

ENGLISH

* Mr. R. Sutton, B.A.(Hons)(Lond.), Dip.Ed.(Leics.)

Miss M. J. Armitt, B.A.(Hons)(Nott.), Dip.Ed.(Reading)

Mr. P. F. Heaney, M.A., Dip.Ed.(Keele)

Mrs. .I. Heritage,B.A.(Hons)(Lond.), Cert.Ed.(Manch.)

M r. H. W. Hilton, B.A.(Hons)(Manch.), Teachers’ Cert.

M r. W. F. M. Jones, B.A.(Hons), Cert.Ed.(Manch.)

Miss .I. Manley, B.A.(Hons), Cert.Ed.(Birm.)

Mr. W. H. Milner, B.A.(Hons., Cert.Ed.(Leeds)

Mr. G. C. Nicholls, B.A.(Hons), Cert.Ed.(Cambridge)

Mr. K. Weir, B.A. (Lond.), Teachers’ Cert.

GEOGRAPHY

* Mr. A. Malcolm, M.A.(Hons), Dip.Ed.(Edin.)

Mr. R. W. G, Bradly, M.A., Dip.Ed.(Oxon)

Miss A. Brettle, B.Sc.(Spec.), Cert.Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. J. A. Dewey, M.A., Acad.Dip.Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. J. I. Jones, M.Sc.(Wales), Acad. Dip. Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. A. Knowles, B.Sc.Econ.(Lond.), B.A.(Hons), Cert.Ed.(Manch.)

HISTORY

* Mr. J. Kennedy, M.A.(Lond.), Teachers’ Cert.

Mr. P. Anderton, B.A.(Hons), Cert.Ed.(Bristol)

Mr. A. B. Lancaster, B.A.(Hons)(Oxon), Cert. Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. A. J. Ledbetter, B.A.(Hons)(Dumelm), Cert,Ed.(Nott.)

Mr. G. M. Morris, M.A., Ph.D., Cert.Ed.(Nott.)

† Mr. R. Speake, M.Litt.(L’caster), Adv.Dip.Ed.(Manch.)

Mr. I. D. Steele, M.A., Cert.Ed.(Sheff.)

Mr. W. F. Townley, B.A.(Hons)(Manch.), M.A.(Keele), Cert.Ed.(Camb.)

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HOME ECONOMICS

* Mrs. P. B. Redmond, D.S.Dip.(Lond.), Teachers’ Cert.

Mrs J. H. Bowen, Teachers’ Cert.

Miss J. M. Boustead, Dip. Dom.Subjects(Edin.), Teachers’ Cert.

Miss K. M. Gardner, Cert.Ed.(Manch.), Assoc.Dip.Sec.Ed.(Camb.)

Mrs. E. Hibbert, Dip.H’craft(Manch.), Adv. Dip.Ed.(Keele), Cert.Ed.(Manch.)

† Mr. J. R. Millard, Dip.Soc.Sci., Dip.Hist., Dip.Ed.E.S.N., Dip.Soc.(Lond.),

Teachers’ Cert.

Miss A. M. E. Miller, Dip.Ed.(Lond.), Teachers’ Cert.

Miss 0. M. F. S. Nurse, D.S.Dip.(Western Joint Board), Teachers

† Mrs. M. Smith, Teachers’ Cert. (Manch.)

Miss A. J. Williams, D. S. Dip. (Cardiff), Teachers’ Cert.

MATHEMATICS

* Mr. A. A. Howell, B.Sc.(Hons)(Manch.), FIMA.

Mr. J. Armstrong, B.Sc.(Lond.), Teachers’ Cert.

Mrs. C. Dawes, B.A., Dip.Ed.(Dunelm)

Mr. R. W. Hatcher, B.Sc.(Hons)(Lond.), Teachers’ Cert.

Mr. A. J. Heaton, B.A.(Hons)(Cantab), AFIMA.

Mrs. P. F. Liebeck, M.A.(Oxon), B.Mus.(Cape Town), Dip.Ed.(Camb.)

Mrs. B. O’Connor, B.Sc.(Hons)(Lond.)

MODERN LANGUAGES

* Mr. R. N. Allan, B.A.(Hons)(Lond.), Teachers’ Cert.

Miss M. Blower, M.A., Dip.Ed.(Oxon)

Mr. F. L. Gibbon, B.A.(Hons)(Leeds), Cert. Ed.(Exeter)

Mr. C. D. Giles, B.A.(Hons), Cert. Ed.(Leics.)

Mr. J. Oppenheimer, M.A.(Cantab.)

Mr. B. C. Timmins, B.A., Dip.Ed.(Dunelm)

Mrs. P. Trowler, B.A.(Hons)(Manch.)

MUSIC

* Miss M. Highs, L.R.A.M., Teachers’ Cert.

Mrs. M. E. Kirkham, A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M., Teachers’ Cert.

Mr. J. G. Pattinson, Mus.B.(Hons)(Manch.), A.R.C.O., G.R.S.M., A.R.M.C.M.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION (Men)

* Mr. S. Heafield, Dip. P.E.(Hons)(Lough.), Teachers’ Cert.

Mr. B. Ashford, Dip.P.E.(Carnegie), Adv.Dip.Ed.(Keele), Cert. Ed.(Exeter)

Mr. R. J. Davis, Dip.P.E.(Hons), Cert. Ed.(Lough.), Adv. Dip. Ed. (Keele)

Mr. A. Hargreaves, Dip.P.E., Cert. Ed.(Lough.), Adv. Dip.Ed.(Keele)

Mr. E. T. Robinson, Dip.P.E.(Carnegie), Dip.P.E.(Leeds), Cert. Ed.(Dunelm)

Mr. F. C. Smith, Teachers’ Cert. (Lond.)

Mr. I. Ward, M.A.(N. Carolina), Dip.P.E.(Leeds), Dip.Sport(Macolin), Dip.P.E.; Cert. Ed.(Lough.)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION (Women)

* Miss C. M. Sutcliffe, Cert.Ed.(Camb.)

Mrs. E. M. Blake, Cert. Ed.(L’pool)

†Miss S. K. Lee, Cert. Ed.(N’castle)

Miss E. E. Michie, Dip. P.E.(Dunfermline), Adv.Dip.Ed.(Hull)

Miss C. R. Turner, Cert.Ed.(Birm.)

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

* Miss H. C. Hunt, B.A.(Hons), Dip.Ed.(Reading)

Mr. W. 0. P. Bellingham, B.A.(Hons)(Wales), Cert.Ed.(Lond.)

Miss M. F. Gell, B.A., Dip.Theology, Cert.Ed.(Lond.)

Miss J. Hancock, B.D., Cert.Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. A. G. Newrnan, M.A., B.D.(Lond.), Dip.Ed.(Oxon)

SCIENCE

* Mrs. A. Plack, M.Sc.(Manch.), Ph.D.(Lond.), AK.C., M.I.Biol.

Mrs. B. Broad, B.Sc.(Hons), Cert.Ed.(Manch.)

Mr. A. A. Callaghan, M.Sc., Ph.D., Cert.Ed.(Lond.)

Mr. K. Hanmer, B.Sc.(Hons)(Sheff.)

Mr. E. W. Okey, B.Sc.(Hons), Cert. Ed. (South.)

Mr. R. O. M. Page, Dip.Rural Science (Read.), Teachers’ Cert.

Mr. D. J. Smith, B.Sc.(Hons), Ad.Dip.Ed., Cert.Ed.(Hull)

Miss C. E. Taylor, B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D.(Wales)

Mr. R. B. Carpenter, F.C.C.S., D.M.A., A.M.B.I.M…Registrar

Miss M. E. Gildart…………………………………….Deputy Registrar

Mr. C. A. Stahelin, A.M.B.I.M ………………………Bursar

Miss A. Haithwaite, I.M.A ……………………………Domestic Bursar, Nelson

Miss J. B. Pennington …………………………………Domestic Bursar, Madeley

Miss M. Boulton, S.R.N . ……………………………..Sister-in-Charge, Nelson

Mrs. K. Thomas, S.R.N . ………………………………Sister-in-Charge, Madeley

* Principal Lecturer in charge of Department

† Lecturer contributing to the work of two Departments

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Until fairly recently, the Madeley College of Education was known as the County of Stafford Training College. This College was one of a number opened shanty after the last war – in 1949 – using spacious temporary buildings at Nelson Hall. In 1965, with the opening of its new permanent buildings, it was renamed “The Madeley College of Education”.

In 1959 the decision was taken greatly to expand the college and to, this purpose a new site was purchased in the village of Madeley, Staffordshire, only two miles from the University of Keele, with which students have close links. From 1962, the new buildings at Madeley have been gradually occupied although the old buildings at Nelson Hall (ten miles from the main site) are to be retained, probably for many years, as a large annexe.

The college at Madeley is situated on a very pleasant campus, a few miles from Newcastle-under-Lyme, within easy reach of Birmingham, Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent with its unique “theatre in the round”.

Specialist training is offered in Home Economics and Men’s Physical Education. There is also a wide range of general courses including new courses in Arts (Dance, Drama and Film), German and Economics. A total of some 300 students made this a large college in the early days: in the autumn of 1970 them will he over 1,200 men and women students. Residence is in Halls at Madeley, at Nelson Hall and in approved lodgings. Applications for admission come from all over the country and beyond, but are welcomed also from those who wish to be day students.

The new permanent buildings at Madeley have excellent modern equipment. There is a well-stocked library with a good collection of children’s books, a 24-booth language laboratory has been installed, and there is a full sized swimming bath. An excellent Music department and delightful main hall with fully equipped stage and projection room have recently been completed. Nelson Hall is spacious, with many facilities including a good hall and stage, library and reading room, gymnasium and a Students’ Union building.

Transport is provided between Nelson Hall and Madeley, the work of all departments being based mainly at the latter, although teaching also takes place at Nelson Hall.

COURSES OF STUDY

The College offers the following courses:

(1) General Course. Three-year, Primary and Middle School Courses involving Education, Main Course subjects, Curriculum Studies and Teaching Practice.

(2) Home Economics (Domestic Science). Specialist training

for teaching in all types of secondary schools (three years).

(3) Physical Education. Specialist training for men for teaching in all types of secondary schools (three years) (along with general teaching).

(4) One-year postgraduate Course.

(5) One-yea, Course Home Economics offering professional training for holders of suitable Home Economics qualifications. This course runs from January to December, annually.

(6) A Specially timed Coarse of Primary training for married women with children, able to attend College as day students (3 years). Admission to this course is normally limited to candidates of 25 years or more.

(The College is one of the constituent Colleges of the Institute of Education of the University of Keele. Successful completion of courses leads to the award of the Keele Certificate in Education, and recognition by the Department of Education and Science as a qualified teacher.)

(7) B.Ed. Degree. The Senate approved the institution of a Bachelor of Education Degree of the University of Keele in 1968.

Students entering upon the three-year courses will be eligible for consideration for entry to the degree courses which have been approved in the majority of subjects offered by the College. The selection of potential B.Ed. candidates is made in College, on the basis of attainment daring the first two years Of study, from those students who are offering two main subjects, or Home Economics, and Education in the Certificate in Education course During the third year, the potential B.Ed. candidates undertake additional degree work (bridging courses) and only those who are awarded the Certificate in Education with Commendation Or Distinction in Education and in at least one other main subject, and satisfy the examiners in the corresponding bridging course examinations, will qualify for entry to the B. Ed. Fourth Year. Such qualification is accepted by the University as satisfying their matriculation requirements. Education and one other main subject are studied during the fourth year mainly in C-liege, though parts may be taken in the University of Keele and at other Institute Colleges. The B.Ed. degree awarded to successful candidates at the end of the fourth year is unclassified but in the case of students reaching a particularly high standard, it may be awarded -with honours”.

The Senate has also approved regulations to permit former students of the College who completed a Three-year (Or Two year shortened) Certificate course in 1963 or subsequently, and who attained an sufficiently high standard, to take bridging examination followed by a fourth year course for the B.Ed. degree. It is probable, however, that grant-aid for a deferred fourth year course could only be given by secondment on salary after the teacher had completed five years’ service in a school.

CURRICULUM

In the three-year College course the personal higher education of the student proceeds concurrently with professional training for teaching.

ALL GENERAL COURSE students will do EDUCATION as a Main Course and will study one other main course from the following:

Running concurrently through the three-year course with Education and the main course subject, will be a third main area of work, CURRICULUM STUDIES. This integrated course, involving basic professional subjects, inter-disciplinary areas of study and enrichment courses will be taken by all students. The student and tutor will work together exploring areas of knowledge and ways of learning and teaching which will be of value to both the individual student and the school in which he intends to teach.

The fourth main area of work is practice in schools. Visits to a variety of schools are arranged, observation of different age groups is planned at an early stage in the course and a block practice takes place in each of the three years of the course, special attention being given to the increasing demand for the well trained Primary school teacher.

An outline of the Subject Courses is given below:

Education. The first year is based on a study of the family, schools, children and teachers related to the background of contemporary society. The central theme of the course is directed towards an understanding of childhood and adolescence: children are studied at work and at play throughout the various stages of their development. There is a strong interest in the changing curriculum and in new patterns of school organisation. Opportunities are provided for students to meet practising teachers and discuss new classroom techniques and approaches.

Students are initiated into teaching practice first in small groups, then in pairs before taking individual responsibility for work in schools.

In the second and third years of the certificate course there is a more systematic approach to the study of the philosophy, psychology and sociology of education. In their third year, students also complete a special study in an aspect of education which particularly interests them.

Art and Craft. The art and craft course provides one of three combinations of options. Students select either painting and pottery, or painting and needlework, or needlework and graphics, as the main area of their practical studies. Encouragement is given to develop initiative and personal interests since there is much flexibility in the interpretation of these options its which mutually support each other. The art and craft requirements of children in schools is considered is considered with emphasis throughout the course. The practical work that is carried on in studios with excellent facilities in all the options is based upon a series of lectures designed to stimulate the work undertaken, illustration is undertaken as a direct result of these lectures. A visit to London is made in the first year so that works of art from the past and present are seen in the museums, galleries, theatres and shops, together with the changing architectural image.

There is an annual charge payable at the beginning of each academic year for materials used in the course.

Arts (Dance Drama and Film) Course In the first term students will explore practical aspects of all three arts. Then the first year will be devoted to Drama. In the second year there is a choice of doing either, Dance or Film. The Dance Course is based on the work of a wide range of artists in the field of movement and modern theatrical dance, The film equipment is standard 8 mm. Practical work in all these studies includes a variety of improvisation as well as production work. Much of this is directly relevant to teaching while it is designed to give students insight into their own personalities.

In their third year, students can choose one of the practical subjects in which they wish to develop their skills to a higher level.

In addition to this practical course work, visits will be made to quality professional theatre, cinema and dance productions. These are far ranging and may take students, on occasions, to London. Wider background aspects of artistic activity are also studied and a course of weekly lectures, which bring all students together, will be based upon the links between dance, drama and film and other art forms.

Whilst it is preferable for candidates to have had previous experience in ONE of the three arts, past experience has shown that students from a wide variety of school studies have fitted happily into the course.

Footnote. – Though not part of the college course, there are also, open to all students at the College, a Dance Workshop, which meets regularly; a Drama Society which is highly respected locally and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival, and a flourishing Film Society.

Biological Science. All students taking Biological Science follow a course which is designed to give a broad understanding of the various disciplines in the physical and biological sciences and of the relationships between them. Class time is about equally divided between studies in Physics, Chemistry and Biology and help is offered to students who have not had the opportunity to study all three subjects at school. Emphasis throughout is placed on scientific method and much of the material is covered by practical investigation. At the end of the first year, one week is spent away from the College on an intensive field course in marine ecology.

During the second year a restricted number of topics is studied in depth, these are all biological including, e.g., the physiology of growth, the physiology and ecology of micro-organisms, genetics, evolution and ecology of plants and animals. There is a second field course of one week during the summer vacation. An important aspect of the course is the piece of original research carried out by the student in a subject of his own choice.

Although the main emphasis in the course is on the biological sciences, students will be equipped with sufficient background knowledge of the physical sciences, not only to understand the modern experimental work in Biology but also to teach General Science in Primary and Secondary Schools.

Economics. The inclusion of a course in economics at the college is an indication of the growing importance of the subject both in schools and outside. Students who choose to take economics will be able to enter one of the ‘growth’ areas of education.

Although previous experience can be an advantage the course is based on the assumption that students have not studied the subject before coming to College. The main qualification required is a lively interest in the problem of this country and of the world. The course is intended to give students an understanding of economic principles, a knowledge of the organisation of the British Economy and an insight into the economic problems which it faces. The subjects of study include: supply and demand, the price mechanism and the allocation of resources; the organisation of industry and industrial relations; the financial structure of the economy; international trade and the balance of payments; the role of the government in the economy; changes in the level of prices, incomes and employment. Stress is placed on the study of contemporary problems.

Lectures, seminars, etc., are supplemented by individual work on the part of students who have considerable freedom to pursue their own particular interests within the framework or the course.

English. We try to make literature relevant to living. It has to with people, with ourselves, with feeling, ideas, questions, moral choices. To emphasise the relevance a beginning is usually made with some twentieth-century themes: some novels, plays, essays, poems will be chosen for reading and discussion with the group as a whole, but there will be individual choices, too, with seminar, discussions and tutorials as part of the varied approaches made to literature.

Because literature is an art, we are interested in the way that feeling and ideas are expressed; and we enlarge the present by reaching into the past, into, for example, the 19th century. Shakespeare, the Metaphysicals, sometimes an individual choice is made of a major author, and sometimes a theme or a literary form, such as the novel, is made the focus of attention.

If the course succeeds, the end of it will be the beginning of a lifetime’s exploration, reflection and enjoyment of literature, with literature always leading to life and adding to its quality.

French. The course aims at developing the student’s interest and fluency in the language by using modern aids (audio-visual, language laboratory) by group discussion and tutorials in the language and by conversation with the Assistante. The major French contributions to literature and civilisation are studied in seminars, with the emphasis on modern France. Students are encouraged to develop their own interests and prepare a special study on a theme drawn from the twentieth century.

Active methods of teaching French are studied and practised in Primary and Secondary schools. The College co-operates with the Department of Education and Science in the Stafford area by assisting in the training of teachers engaged in Primary school experiment.

All students have a period of residence in France, either through the exchange with a French Ecole Normale or through the Department’s five months’ courses at Paris, Caen or Tours. Many students serve as Assistants in France after their final year.

German. Students at both Main and Subsidiary level work in the language laboratory and with the Assistertin, in addition to having tutorials, exercises in translation, essay writing and linguistic analysis and lectures and discussions on literature, recent German history, geography, art, contemporary institutions and current affairs. A reading programme aims to introduce major German works, initially emphasising the twentieth century, later establishing the broad outlines of the development of German literature.

Students are encouraged to develop individual interests and have opportunity to spend some time in Germany through the Department’s scheme for exchange with a German Pädagogische Hochachule. There is provision mainly in local Secondary schools, for practice in the teaching of German.

The standard for admission makes a good sixth form course to ‘A’ level, or its equivalent, desirable.

Geography. The Geography courses offer a very wide range of new and interesting approaches and activities for the study of Geography in schools. Considerable emphasis is placed on field excursions and on methods of studying maps. The College is near to the North Staffordshire Potteries and the Peak District. A special feature of the course is a very interesting and profitable field course, at present held in Wales.

There is a College observatory and weather station, a very large collection of maps and a developing collection of aerial photographs, an excellent library, and the most recent equipment for illustration in the classroom and in the field

History. The History course offers a wide range of subjects and topics as well as a variety of approaches. Selected periods of British History are studied and students are guided, often for the first time, in the techniques and methods of English Local History and historical fieldwork. All students undertake a week’s Field Course, normally in an area away from College.

Modern History courses contain an optional element with special emphasis on regional settings both in and outside of Europe, including (e.g.) the U.S.A., the Commonwealth and Asia. There are many opportunities for using contemporary source-materials and students are encouraged in every way to pursue their studies along individual lines while contributing also to the work of a group.

Mathematics. During the last decade great changes have taken place in the teaching of Mathematics and the Mathematics Department is very much involved in these new methods in College and directly in schools. We expect all students to take a lively interest in new methods and new content.

In the course there are opportunities for studying at some depth the following aspect of Mathematics: Modem Algebra, including set theory, vectors, matices, groups, number theory; Calculus, differential and integral, with application to mechanics; Probability, Statistics an Numerical methods.

There is also a short computer course and practical sessions. This work is directly related to school.

It is essential that all students should have some knowledge of Calculus in order to take Mathematics.

Music. The course is designed to give equal weight to both the practical and academic sides of the subject. In the first two years, students are concerned with rudiments, harmony (keyboard especially), orchestration, form and history from about 1600 to 1900. Music of the pre 1600 and post 1900 eras is studied in the third year, and throughout the course there is much integrated practical work as well as tuition on instruments already practised such as piano and/or orchestral instruments and the voice. Students also learn to be competent on all recorders.

There are many opportunities for ensemble work both choral and instrumental. Public performances are frequently given within the area and full-scale productions of larger works are mounted in the College each year.

Women’s Physical Education. Excellent facilities for physical education enable college to offer an interesting and varied range of activities both within the Main course and for student recreation.

During the first two years all students have experience of practical and theoretical work in gymnastics, different forms of dance, swimming, games, athletics, and outdoor activities. In addition, there are short courses covering the history of physical education, physical activity and recreation, comparative physical education, health and anatomy and physiology.

In the third year, students follow a bias towards dance or skills whilst confirming with gymnastics and other special interests.

Throughout the course, students have the opportunity to take appropriate teaching, coaching or umpiring awards.

Religions Studies. This course is designed to give students an intelligent understanding of the Christian Faith and practice, both in History and more especially in the context of contemporary life and thought. In an increasingly multi-racial and pluralistic society, Christianity is also seen in the context of other world religious and contemporary philosophies. In addition to a common core of study, students are able to make a particular study of topics of special interest to themselves.

Visits during the course, organised either for the group or for individuals, lead to more practical work. Among these have been: the British Museum, the Jewish Museum (London), ancient and modern churches and cathedrals, Jewish Synagogue, Buddhist Monastery, Sikh Temple.

The course is also concerned with the place of Religious Education in schools with a special emphasis on recent research into content and methods.

Although many students will already have ‘0’ and ‘A’ level in the subject prior to entering the course, applications are always very welcome from candidates who have not obtained these qualifications but can give evidence of a genuine interest and a real desire to embark upon a course of this kind.

High Level Courses are as follows:

Home Economics. The Home Economic, course (three-year) is concerned with all aspects of the home. It is assessed as a Double Main, a fully integrated course with certain options and biases. Alongside Housecraft, all first year students study Applied Science and Social Studies, the latter supported by Social and Economic History. Each student then chooses an option of either Applied Science or Economics which is studied for a further two years. Applied Art is included in the second year and gives general support to all aspects of Housecraft which at this stage is divided into three, Food and Nutrition, Needlework and Textile Study, and a study of the Home and Family. One of these aspects becomes the student’s bias for further development in the third year.

Our concern is that the work should be much more than craft skills, that Applied Science and Economics developing alongside other home based work, should build into a study of the Family in Society, a family which manages its material and human resources with a due concern for each person and for the community.

It is hoped that some students will come with a good background of both Home Economics and Science, but arrangements can be made for those who are beginners.

Education and Teaching Practice are studied concurrently with the Home Economics double main coarse.

Physical Education – Men. (This College Department is one of the ten national centres (D.E.S. list 172) selected to prepare specialist teachers for Secondary schools).

Academic aspects of the subject are considered from both social and scientific viewpoints. These include the history of physical education and sport, the place of sport in society, comparative, physical education, anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, health education, acquisition of physical skills and evaluation of physical education.

Practical courses include all the major games and sports as well as an introduction to a number of activities such as judo, fencing and trampolining. Practical courses are concerned with both the personal performance of the student, and with the method of teaching the particular activities. During the third year, students have the opportunity of developing one or two sports in depth, and of taking appropriate coaching awards. In addition all students must follow a course in first aid.

Basic outdoor activities during the first year include attendance during the Easter vacation at Plas y Brenin, North Wales, for a week’s mountain activities course. This is followed in the second year by various optional activities such as ski-ing, sailing, canoeing and rock climbing

SPECIAL STUDY. Students will also undertake the special study of a topic in physical education, selected in consultation with their supervisor.

EQUIPMENT. Students are required to provide themselves with standard items of equipment. Details of these will be sent to all successful applicants.

All those students accepted for specialist physical education will also take Main course Education and a full programme of study involving other subjects.

One-year Postgraduate Course in Education. This course is open to men and women graduates of British Universities (or to those holding equivalent qualifications) and forms part of the University of Keele’s plan to rationalise its postgraduate training. Collaborative teaching is arranged and the College makes special provision for graduates in modern languages, economics, home economics and for those who have graduated in subjects not normally found in the traditional school curriculum, such as law, anthropology, sociology and other social sciences. The course emphasises the need for adaptability in teachers to meet the challenge and the needs of the schools emerging as a result of reorganisation. It should appeal particularly to those graduates who have an interest in the Middle Schools as well as to those who wish to teach in the existing Primary and Secondary Schools.

The COURSE is arranged so that students become familiar the stages of education which overlap that in which they ultimately wish to teach and, after a common course in the first term, they opt to follow a course in one of the groups: Infant/Junior, Junior/Middle, Middle/Secondary.

The three main components of the course are:

(a) Work in Schools. Contact with schools is maintained continuously throughout the year. Students gain experience in a variety of schools, and will have the opportunity it to take part in Curriculum Development in the area and to study the work of other professionals, such as Child Psychologists, Employment Officers, etc.

(b) Study of Education. The theoretical underpinning of education is examined in four areas: Educational Thought, The Psychology of Education, The Sociology of Education, History and Curriculum Development.

(c) Professional Studies. All students take a basic course concerned with

organisation in the teaching situation which is followed by method and appropriate content according to the option chosen. These courses are tailored to the needs of the individual. There is an opportunity to pursue studies in areas not usually found in a University, such as Music, P.E. and the creative arts.

GENERAL. Teaching is based on small groups and individuals are expected to develop their own interests. A “Course Tutorial” is held regularly to serve a review function and to help relate theory to practice. Students who complete the course successfully will be awarded the University of Keele Postgraduate Certificate in Education. Undergraduates in their final year at University and those who graduated some time ago or, equally welcome to apply. Applications should in the first instance be made direct to the College.

One-year Course of Professional Training for Holders of suitable Home Economics Qualifications. A one-year course is offered to applicants already holding qualifications in Home Economics and with experience of work in this field, who wish to train as teachers.

The emphasis in this course is on the study of Education and the application of the students’ knowledge of Home Economics to the needs of the schools. The Education course is similar to that outlined for the three-year course. In Home Economics, although opportunities are given for students to revise their craft work, the majority of the work is centred around topics and assignments suitable for work in school.

Students take two supporting studies: applied science which encourages an investigational approach and gives an understanding of modern developments, and English which enriches their own background.

During the year, which runs from January to December, there are two periods of teaching practice each of at least four weeks.

The wide range of age, background and experience of students within this group all contribute to making the course a stimulating and rewarding year.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADMISSION

Candidates for the three-year training must:

(1) be at least 18 years of age on the 1st October of the year in which they wish to enter College.

(2) satisfy the College Authorities of their suitability for teaching.

(3) pass a medical examination.

(4) have obtained the School Certificate prior to 1951 or subsequently the General Certificate of Education, as shown

(a) five subjects at the ordinary level; or

(b) three subjects at the ordinary level and one other at the

advanced level; or

(c) two subjects at the ordinary level and two other subjects at

the advanced level; or

(d) three subjects at the advanced level, provided that there is

evidence that other courses have been studied beyond the

minimum age for entry to the examination.

N.B.-A grade I pass in the C.S.E. examination is regarded as

equivalent to a G.C.E. ordinary level pass

It is, however, possible for the College to recommend to the Institute of Education that certain candidates should be admitted who have not fulfilled these Particular requirements but have good qualifications for admission.

Candidates should note that it is important, if at all possible, to continue their study to advanced level in one or more subjects or to have the discipline of study in a specially planned sixth form general course. When called for interview, candidates will be required to take a written English test. For the high level and principal courses in Physical Education, there is a practical test on the day of interview. For the subject courses in French, study to the advanced level of the G.C.E. is required. Candidates for Modern Languages will be given a short informal test at the time of their interview. Candidates for Music have an additional short interview in the Music Department.

Admission to the College is conditional upon satisfying the College authorities as to the candidate’s health and physical capacity for teaching.

Candidates for the special one-year Home Economics

training must:

(a) satisfy the College authorities of their suitability for teaching.

A background of good general education is essential;

(b) pass a medical examination;

(c) hold the Institutional Management Certificate or similar

Home Economics qualifications and have not less than three

years’ practical experience in the field of Institutional

Management since obtaining the above qualification.

Medical Examinations; A Medical report Form 4 R.T.C. will be sent to each candidate at the time of notification of acceptance and application should be made as soon as possible thereafter to the Local Education Authority for examination. The cost of examination is borne by the Local Education Authority.

A student who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom for the three years immediately preceding his course and who intends to follow the profession of teacher in a grant-aided school will be accepted as a ‘recognised student’.

The annual standard rates of grant which may be reduced by amounts assessed by reference to the income of the student’s parents and by reference to the income of the student are:-

For resident students living in a College hostel or approved lodgings Board and lodging during term and a grant of £ 163

For day students A day maintenance grant of £290 which may be increased to £360 in certain circumstances. (The standard rates for day students are for an academic year of 30 weeks: where a longer period of attendance is required, additional payments may be made).

The rates of grant referred to include an element of £38 for books, equipment and materials, and £12 for travelling expenses.

Supplementary grants may be available to meet additional travelling expenses and vacation hardship.

SECTION MISSING

applicable to a balance of income of £900 is £20, and the contribution increases by £1 for every additional £10 balance of income.

Contributions are used, first to reduce the cash grants, and then in the case of a resident student any remaining balance of contribution is payable towards the College boarding fee, up to the maximum of the fee which is at present £194. Tuition is free for a ‘recognised student’. When a parental contribution is assessed, parents are expected to make the specified sum available to the student so that he will not find himself handicapped by having insufficient money for his needs during the course.

When a student is offered a place at College, Form 1 U.T. is issued, and this form will he accepted by the ‘home’ Local Education Authority as a formal application for the appropriate grants. It is to the ‘home’ Education Authority that all particular enquiries concerning grant-aid should be made.

A student may apply for status as an independent student:

(a) if aged 25 or over on the 3 1st August prior to entry in September;

(b) having regularly been self supporting from own earnings for three years (towards which period half of any period of national service is counted) before the 31st August prior to entry in September;

(c) if a married woman before applying for admission and aged 21 or over on the 31st August prior to entry in September.

The parental contribution will not be waived for other students. Marriage, or the attainment of the age of 21 or 25 after the operative date set out above, are not grounds for waiving the contribution. The ‘home’ Local Education Authority decides if a student is to be regarded as independent.

STUDENTS’ UNION & COMMUNITY LIFE

There is a Students’ Union, and a wide range of interests is catered for by clubs and societies, such as those for drama, music, arts, dancing, geography, mathematics, films, and, of course many forms of sport.

The L.E.A. contribute £3 10s. 0d to the Students’ Union for each student member. In addition the Union is empowered to charge a subscription and there is a modest fee payable to the clubs and societies that the student joins. It is a requirement that all students should be members of the Students’ Union.

Services of an ecumenical character are held in the College Chapels at Madeley and Nelson Hall. The chapels are dedicated for use by all branches of the Church.

There is provision for different denominations in Madeley or its neighbourhood, and in the neighbourhood of Nelson Hall.

OLD STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

An Old Students’ Association was formed in 1950. Annual reunions are held in College.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Students provide their own books and stationery, and materials for craft work.

In planning the spending of grants, students are recommended to bear in mind that they will need to buy special equipment and clothing. Such clothing is specifically required for Home Economics and Physical Education; suitable protective clothing of any pattern is needed for, e.g., Science, Crafts

The purchase of scarves is optional.

Because of the demands on the parking space available it must be clearly understand that vehicles are not to be parked on the College grounds unless permission has been sought in writing and expressly given, by the Principal or her deputies. The reasons given in support of each application will be considered, and when the available spaces have been allocated it will be necessary for others to arrange for suitable garage or parking space outside College.

Day students, whose vehicles normally stand in College only during the day must also send a card requesting that space be reserved for them.

Special leave of absence may he obtained only from the Principal or her deputies.

Students who are absent from College on account of illness must immediately inform the College, and forward to the Principal as soon as possible a medical certificate. This should arrive without fail by the fourth day of absence. Subsequent certificates will be required in the case of a prolonged illness.

All resident students must register with a local doctor during the period of their training. The College has modem Sick Bays both at Madeley and at Nelson Hall under the charge of qualified Matrons and regular calls are made by the College Medical Office.

Students are strongly advised to carry only the money they require for their day-to-day needs, and for larger amounts to make use of the Post Office Savings Bank or similar facilities. Parents are advised to make sure that their Insurance Policies cover their son’s/daughter’s personal effects while away from home The College authorities can accept no responsibility for students’ property.

The College Council reserves the right to require the withdrawal at any time of a student whose progress is unsatisfactory or who gives indication of being unsuitable for the work of a teacher.

APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION

Applications for admission should be made to the Principal, Madeley College of Education, Madeley, Nr. Crewe, if possible early in October of the year before which the student wishes to enter College. All enquiries should be accompanied by a large stamped addressed envelope. All applicants are also required to register with the Central Register and Clearing House of candidates for teacher training, at a fee of £1 5s. 0d. Information about this will be sent along with application forms.