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'If fitness for the world is the best practical end of a liberal education, then by far the most profitable time I spent at University came under the supervision of Professor Spurr during my Honours year. Cardinal Newman believed that the training of good members of society was best achieved through something more than mere teaching; it comes through meaningful interaction between students and the faculty. He told students, “you have come, not merely to be taught, but to learn.... You do not come merely to hear a lecture, or to read a book, but you come for that catechetical which consists in a sort of conversation between your lecturer and you”. 2 To adopt Newman’s distinction between been taught and actually learning, I learnt more under Professor Spurr’s supervision than I had in the previous three years of my degree combined. Clearly, that is not to say that I acquired a greater volume of knowledge during this period; it is instead to say that the influence upon my approach to intellectual inquiry during this period did more to fulfil the true ends of a liberal University education than the course of lectures, tutorials and assessments that came before.' (Introduction)
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Epigraph: If a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of society. Its art is the art of social life, and its end is fitness for the world.
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The Supervisor – Student Relationship