CURRY MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.
Professor Heck.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The General
Entrance Examination or its equivalent. Students who have not had
the equivalent of the first year's work of the College are advised not
to undertake the work of the School.
For Undergraduates.
Course 1B: Development of Educational Ideals.—Studied as
phases of social evolution. Special attention is given to the systems of
education in Greece and Rome; in Europe during the Middle Ages,
the Renaissance, and the Reformation; in modern Germany, France,
England, and America. These systems are analysed as revealing
epochal and national ideals, the writings of individuals being studied
for their contribution to, and interpretation of, these systems. Histories
and original sources are used as texts, supplemented by parallel
reading. Place and hours to be arranged.
Course 2B: Sociological Phases of Education.—A study of society
in its relation to individual development. Attention is given to
the evolution of family life, the increasing value of childhood, the educational
demands of political, industrial, and religious systems, the
growth of ethical ideals and scientific knowledge. A special study is
made of social control and of individual opportunity in their influence
upon development. Texts and parallel reading. Place and hours to
be arranged. Students may enter this course at the beginning of the
second term, and will receive full credit for the course on completing
the work of the first term during some subsequent session.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Course 3C: Principles of Education.—A summary of present educational
theory and practice. After an introductory consideration of
the method and material of educational study, the aim of education
defined and illustrated at length. Theories of organic evolution are
outlined and discussed in their influence upon theories of education.
The second and third terms are devoted to a study of school hygiene,
educational psychology, curricula, and general method. The texts are
supplemented by parallel reading.
Course 4C: School Administration.—A seminar study of national,
state, and city school system; public finance and education; school
buildings and equipment; the supervision and employment of teachers;
the relations between school, home, and society. The educational systems
and policies of the Southern States are considered in detail.
Texts are read rapidly, the main emphasis being put upon parallel
reading and original investigation.
