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BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND PROGRESS Page 3. 10 March 1965 being started in the area of communication between students and teachers at the Kurasini International College. In this latter group there has been some complaint from the students that the teachers' explanations are not understandable. The question arises as to what causes this problem: a language problem, a pedagogical problem or an incapacity of the student to grasp the theory of the material he is being taught. To get a better view of this problem, the Dean of Students of the Mozambique Institute is now spending three mornings a week attending classes at the Kurasini International College, watching the students, listening to the teachers and trying to analyse the problem that seems to hinder the students' rapid progress in their studies. 5. This last group is composed of students who have only recently entered the Mozambique Institute and it is small in number. They are students who are slated to go overseas for study and are taking some preparatory courses while waiting for their scholarships to be confirmed. There has been some discussion with the Kurasini International College as to whether or not these students should enter the College when their time there would be so short, and for that reason there would be several disadvantages to their admission to the College: a. It is disconcerting to the student to move from the Portuguese school system into a new educational system and then, upon going abroad, into still another school system; b. If the student is not very familiar with the English language, it is not useful for him to begin studying English, particularly if the country where he will study overseas is not English-speaking; and c. It is bad for the morale of the students at the Kurasini International College to see other students pass in and out of their classes for studies overseas when they themselves do not receive a scholarship for overseas study. A final solution has not been found for the student waiting to go abroad. In the meantime, such students are not enrolled at the Kurasini International College, although it is hoped that they will have access to the library facilities. They are being tutored at the Mozambique Institute, and are following private studies. In addition to the above classes, a course on the history and geography of Mozambique is compulsory for all students, i^lso, those few students who do not speak Portuguese are required to attend Portuguese language classes. Since this intensive programme, with a more coordinated school programme at the Kurasini International College, is of recent origin, it is difficult to say how effective it will be in pushing the students at a faster pace. At first there was some complaint that the students felt they were being over-worked. As far as I can tell, this complaint has in great part died away, and has been replaced by a greater interest on the part of the students in their studies. I would like to mention, however, that the morale of the students is much higher than it was six months ago before they moved into the new hostel building. We hope that the secondary programme will continue successfully, will improve and will fulfill the hopes of both the students and the teachers.
Object Description
Title | The Mozambique Institute - Background information and progress, 1965 Mar. 10 |
Description | Informative essay written by Janet Rae Mondlane about the Mozambique Institute. Contents: General organization of the hostel in Dar es Salaam (p. 1); Hostel administration (p. 4); Grades of the secondary school students (p. 4); Qualifications for entry in the Mozambique Institute secondary school programme (p. 4); The primary school programme at the Mozambique Institute hostel (p. 4); Mozambique Institute buildings and facilities (p. 6); Staff teachers at the Mozambique Institute (p. 8); Educational programmes at the refugee camps: Bagamoyo Camp (p. 9); Lindi-Mtwara Camps (p. 9); Financial support (p.10); Conclusion (p.11). |
Subject (lcsh) |
Nationalism -- Mozambique Self-determination, National Mozambique -- History Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1933-1974 |
Geographic Subject (Country) | Mozambique |
Geographic Subject (Continent) | Africa |
Geographic Coordinates | -18.6696821,35.5273356 |
Coverage date | 1964-11/1965-02-22 |
Creator | Mondlane, Janet Rae; The Mozambique Institute (Instituto Moçambicano), Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created | 1965-03-10 |
Date issued | 1965-03-10 |
Type | texts |
Format | 11 p. |
Format (aat) | essays |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Part of collection | Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa, 1959-1965 |
Part of subcollection | Mozambique Collection |
Rights | The University of Southern California has licensed the rights to this material from the Aluka initiative of Ithaka Harbors, Inc., a non-profit Delaware corporation whose address is 151 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021 |
Physical access | Original archive is at the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
Repository Name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository Address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository Email | specol@usc.edu |
Filename | CENPA-210 |
Description
Title | CENPA-210~03 |
Filename | CENPA-210~03.tiff |
Full text | BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND PROGRESS Page 3. 10 March 1965 being started in the area of communication between students and teachers at the Kurasini International College. In this latter group there has been some complaint from the students that the teachers' explanations are not understandable. The question arises as to what causes this problem: a language problem, a pedagogical problem or an incapacity of the student to grasp the theory of the material he is being taught. To get a better view of this problem, the Dean of Students of the Mozambique Institute is now spending three mornings a week attending classes at the Kurasini International College, watching the students, listening to the teachers and trying to analyse the problem that seems to hinder the students' rapid progress in their studies. 5. This last group is composed of students who have only recently entered the Mozambique Institute and it is small in number. They are students who are slated to go overseas for study and are taking some preparatory courses while waiting for their scholarships to be confirmed. There has been some discussion with the Kurasini International College as to whether or not these students should enter the College when their time there would be so short, and for that reason there would be several disadvantages to their admission to the College: a. It is disconcerting to the student to move from the Portuguese school system into a new educational system and then, upon going abroad, into still another school system; b. If the student is not very familiar with the English language, it is not useful for him to begin studying English, particularly if the country where he will study overseas is not English-speaking; and c. It is bad for the morale of the students at the Kurasini International College to see other students pass in and out of their classes for studies overseas when they themselves do not receive a scholarship for overseas study. A final solution has not been found for the student waiting to go abroad. In the meantime, such students are not enrolled at the Kurasini International College, although it is hoped that they will have access to the library facilities. They are being tutored at the Mozambique Institute, and are following private studies. In addition to the above classes, a course on the history and geography of Mozambique is compulsory for all students, i^lso, those few students who do not speak Portuguese are required to attend Portuguese language classes. Since this intensive programme, with a more coordinated school programme at the Kurasini International College, is of recent origin, it is difficult to say how effective it will be in pushing the students at a faster pace. At first there was some complaint that the students felt they were being over-worked. As far as I can tell, this complaint has in great part died away, and has been replaced by a greater interest on the part of the students in their studies. I would like to mention, however, that the morale of the students is much higher than it was six months ago before they moved into the new hostel building. We hope that the secondary programme will continue successfully, will improve and will fulfill the hopes of both the students and the teachers. |
Archival file | Volume14/CENPA-210~03.tiff |