Full Description
The history of African teacher training in Natal is one of the most neglected and under-researched aspects of educational history. This book attempts to set out the administrative history of this field as a first step in stimulating the further research that is so urgently needed.
Print edition not for sale in Sub Saharan Africa.
Contents
Author's Note
Timeline
Poem 'The Creed of the True Teacher'
Introduction Tracing the Roots of the Current Crisis in South African Education
1. Fit to Preach and Teach? The Training of Teachers by Missionaries in Natal (1846-1900)
2. The Training of African Teachers Becomes Formalised (1902-1915)
3. Charles T. Loram's Influence on Teacher Training in Natal (1916-1920)
4. Tumultuous Times (1920-1953)
5. The Consequences of Bantu Education for Teacher Training (1951-1964)
Epilogue
References
Index
