The Melbourne Teacher Training Colleges: From Training Institution To Melbourne State College 1870-1982 (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Signed with inscription
A meticulously researched work of Australian educational history, this volume chronicles the evolution of teacher training in Victoria from its institutional origins in 1870 through to the establishment of Melbourne State College in 1982. Don Garden traces the administrative, pedagogical, and cultural transformations that shaped generations of educators, situating the colleges within the broader social and political currents of Australian public life. Written with scholarly authority and a clear narrative drive, the work details the shifting government policies, curriculum reforms, and institutional mergers that defined over a century of teacher preparation in Melbourne. The Melbourne Teacher Training Colleges stands as an indispensable reference for historians of Australian education, policy researchers, and anyone with a personal or professional connection to the institutions that trained the state's teaching workforce.
Author: Don Garden
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Heinemann Educational Australia
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Signed with inscription
A meticulously researched work of Australian educational history, this volume chronicles the evolution of teacher training in Victoria from its institutional origins in 1870 through to the establishment of Melbourne State College in 1982. Don Garden traces the administrative, pedagogical, and cultural transformations that shaped generations of educators, situating the colleges within the broader social and political currents of Australian public life. Written with scholarly authority and a clear narrative drive, the work details the shifting government policies, curriculum reforms, and institutional mergers that defined over a century of teacher preparation in Melbourne. The Melbourne Teacher Training Colleges stands as an indispensable reference for historians of Australian education, policy researchers, and anyone with a personal or professional connection to the institutions that trained the state's teaching workforce.