Carnegie Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Training

Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Training

Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Education

Scottish College of Hygiene and Physical Training

Carnegie Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Training was established in 1905 by the Carnegie Trust, through the influence of Dr Alan Tuke a local medical general practitioner who was a Carnegie trustee. The establishment of the college was due to a need to train teachers in physical education that had become apparent after the Carnegie Trust had provided a new swimming bath, gymnasium and teachers to visit schools to instruct children. The College only took female students until 1908 when men were admitted for the first time. Because of the provision of a new college building and school clinic, the school changed its name to Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Education in 1914.

Accommodation was found for classes in rooms adjoining the gym that had been provided by the Carnegie Trust, and living quarters were provided in a house in Abbey Park Place. When men were admitted in 1908, houses in Pilmuir Place were adapted as living quarters for them. The College had playing fields in Venturefair Park.

Teaching at Carnegie Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Education was split between three terms of twelve weeks. The course of study originally lasted for two years. The subjects were divided into theoretical and practical courses. Theoretical courses included the study of Human Anatomy and Physiology, Experimental Science, Personal and School Hygiene, Theory of Movements and Teaching,

Symptomatology in connection with Remedial Gymnastics and School Hygiene. Practical courses included Educational Gymnastics, Remedial Gymnastics and Massage, Methods of Class Teaching, Games, Dancing and Swimming. Two grades of Certificate were given, an ordinary pass certificate and those who had done exceptionally well, an honours certificate. In 1907 there was a major change in the curriculum when trustees met representatives of the newly formed Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers of St Andrews to discuss the professional training of students. This resulted in additional lecture courses in Psychology, Logic and Ethics, and the Principles of Education.

The administrative structure that emerged after the establishment of the Carnegie Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Education consisted of the Carnegie Trust as a funding body and Board of Governors, with a principal, warden and medical officer who ran the college day to day with the teaching staff. In 1909 Carnegie Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Education was recognized as a Central Institution by the Scottish Education Department.

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