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PART 3 of the Report on University Developments, which was adopted by the Council of the Association of University Teachers on May 25-26, 1945, and has now been published*, deals with two main topics: the universities and the education of teachers ; and the international functions of a university. In regard to the former, the Association of University Teachers comes out emphatically in favour of placing the responsibility for the education and training of teachers in England on the universities. It will be recalled that while the McNair Committee recommended unanimously a similar course for Wales, that Committee was equally divided on the point in regard to England. Half the members, including the chairman, recommended a transformation or further development of the existing joint boards ; the rest of the Committee recommended that each university should establish one or more schools of education, consisting of an organic federation of approved training institutions working in co-operation with other approved educational institutions, and responsible for the training and the assessment of the work of all students seeking recognition by the Ministry of Education as qualified teachers.
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UNIVERSITIES AND THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS. Nature 157, 141–142 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157141a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157141a0