University of Virginia Library

PURPOSE

The rapid development of educational science and practice has made it
necessary that ample provision be made for the professional training of those
who expect to teach or to administer school affairs. The Department of
Education, therefore, aims to provide the following:

1. An opportunity for the study of Education as an important function
of society.

2. To give the necessary technical training for teaching and administration
to:

• a. University students, with or without experience, who intend to
  teach;

• b. Secondary school principals;

• c. Normal school teachers and administrators;

• d. College teachers of Education;

• e. School superintendents, supervisors, and other executives of schools
  of all grades in cities, counties, and states.

3. To develop scientific methods of testing school work and to furnish
demonstrations of the way in which these methods may best be applied, thus
developing a spirit of observation and experimentation tending to increase our
knowledge of the science and art of education.

4. To become a center of educational influence to which teachers of all
grades and kinds may come for information and educational guidance.

5. To furnish to the general public information on any phase of school
organization, administration, and supervision, thus helping to create a clearer
general understanding about Education and the State.