Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre

Corporate Biography

Dates

1907-1959

Location of main offices

Moray House, Edinburgh

Main function

Higher Education Institution (Teacher Training College)

Related authority entries

Free Church of Scotland Training College

Church of Scotland Training College

Moray House College of Education

History

In 1905 the Scottish Education Department recommended that Provincial Committees and four city training centres be established for the training of teachers. Following this recommendation the Free Church of Scotland Training College and the Church of Scotland Training College merged to become the Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre in 1907. In 1959 the College became Moray House College of Education.

Details of premises

The Centre operated from Moray House.

Mandate

Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre was established to provide for a more centralized system of training teachers. Teaching practice was done in the demonstration school that was attached to the centre. Subjects taken by female students could include Cookery, Dressmaking, Laundry, Housewifery, sewing, Millinery, Manual Training, Physical Instruction and Art depending on where the studnets was training e.g. Edinburgh School of Cookery, Edinburgh College of Art. For Male students the subjects included Art and Agricultural method, which also depended on where they were training e.g. Edinburgh College of Agriculture, Edinburgh College of Art.

Administrative structure

The administrative structure of the centre consisted of the Principal and staff being responsible to the Edinburgh Committee for the Training of Teachers. A Board of Assessors dealt with the standard of marks, and cases where marking was challenged.

Reference codes of collections created by the corporate body

GB 0237 EUA EPTC

Notes

List of sources for the administrative information:

GB 0237 EUA DEM Archives and Meta-Level Description.

Kirk, Gordon. Moray House and Professional Education, 1985.

Cruickshank, Marjorie. A History of the Training of Teachers in Scotland, 1970.

Rules or Conventions

Authority record created according to the National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (NCA Rules) 1997 and International Council on Archives: Ad Hoc Committee on Descriptive Standards International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (ISAAR)CPF 1995.

Date of Creation

Corporate name authority record compiled for the GASHE project by Rachel Hosker, GASHE project archivist, 28 September 2000