Johannesburg College of Education

Johannesburg College of Education (1940s-2001).

History

Formerly the Johannesburg Normal College. It changed its name to the Johannesburg Teachers College in 1936. In the 1940s the name was changed again to the Johannesburg College of Education (JCE). The JCE moved to its current site in Parktown in 1978.

In 1991 JCE amalgamated with the former Pretoria College of Education. The JCE was incorporated within the University of the Witwatersrand in 2001 as the Wits School of Education.

For more information post 2001, see University of the Witwatersrand.

Dramatic Society

A Dramatic Society was in operation at the College. Productions staged by them include:

1973: Noah

Performance venue

The Space Frame Theatre and the Linder Auditorium are located at the JCE.

For more information, see Space Frame and Linder Auditorium.

Sources

https://www.wits.ac.za/education/history/

Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

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