 | The University of Virginia record April 1, 1935 |  |
OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
JOHN LLOYD NEWCOMB, B.A., C.E., Sc. D., LL.D.
President of the University
IVEY FOREMAN LEWIS, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
Dean of the University
JOHN LEVI MANAHAN, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Dean of the Department of Education
GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER, B.S., M.A.
Director of University Extension
ELMER IRVING CARRUTHERS
Bursar
VIRGINIA EMMA MORAN, M.A.
Registrar
ROBERTA LOIS HOLLINGSWORTH, B.A., Ph.D.
Acting Dean of Women
HARRY CLEMONS, M.A.
University Librarian
FRANCES BRUFFEY SPRINGALL
Librarian Heck Memorial Library
MARY MITCHELL
Secretary to the Dean
ARTHUR MERRITT JARMAN, B.S.Ed., M.S., Ph.D.
Secretary to the Bureau of Appointments
JOHN LLOYD NEWCOMB, B.A., C.E., Sc.D., LL.D.
President of the University
JOHN LEVI MANAHAN, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Dean of the Department of Education
| CHARLES GILMORE MAPHIS, Ped.D., LL.D. | Professor of Education |
| JOHN LEVI MANAHAN, B.S., M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Educational Administration |
| GEORGE OSCAR FERGUSON, Jr., M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Psychology and Education |
| WILLIAM ROYALL SMITHEY, M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Secondary Education |
| LOUISE OATES, B.S., M.A. | Sadie Heath Cabaniss Memorial Professor of Nursing Education |
| GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER, B.S., M.A. | Associate Professor of Education and Director of Extension |
| FRANK ARTHUR GELDARD, M.A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Psychology |
| HENRY GRADY ACKER, M.S. | Assistant Professor of School Supervision, and Elementary School Supervisor |
| ARTHUR MERRITT JARMAN, B.S.Ed., M.S., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Education |
| [1] ADELAIDE ADELIA MAYO, M.A. | Assistant Professor of Nursing Education |
| MYRTLE MARY HOLLO, Ph.B., M.A. | Acting Assistant Professor of Nursing Education |
| AMELIA McLESTER, M.A. | Assistant Professor of School Supervision, and Elementary School Supervisor |
| RICHARD ANDREW MEADE, B.A. | Instructor in the Teaching of English in Secondary Schools |
| [1] CALVIN HALL PHIPPINS, M.A., Ph.D. | Instructor in Secondary Education |
| CHARLES AUTUS COE, Jr., B.S.Ed. | Acting Instructor in Secondary Education |
| ROBERT EARL SWINDLER, B.S., B.A., M.A., Ph.D. | Instructor in the Teaching of Social Science in Secondary Schools |
| FRANCIS GREENFIELD LANKFORD, Jr., M.A. | Instructor in the Teaching of Mathematics and Natural Science in Secondary Schools |
HISTORY
The Curry Memorial School of Education was founded in 1905 as one of
the academic schools of the University. It was endowed by gifts of $100,000
from John D. Rockefeller and $50,000 from the General Education Board, and
was named in honor of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the Southern educator. There
of Education and the Professorship of Secondary Education. In 1914 a
chair of Educational Psychology and Principles of Teaching was added to the
School, and two years later a Professorship of School Administration was established.
In 1919 the School was organized into a Department of the University, with
four professorships, and was placed upon a professional basis similar to that
of the Departments of Law, Medicine and Engineering. The relation of the
Department of Education to the various academic schools of the University
remains close, however, since the academic training of students of Education
is obtained in the academic schools, and courses in Education are credited toward
the academic degrees.
In the spring of 1928 plans were matured to provide more adequate facilities
for observation, practice teaching, and experimental studies. The school authorities
of the City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle joined with the
University of Virginia in establishing a program of experimental education and
teacher-training. After the preliminary program of organization had been approved,
the General Education Board of New York City granted to the University
a subsidy of $20,000 a year for a period of two years to forward the
program and make possible its operation for the session of 1928-1929. The
Rector and Visitors of the University made a supplementary appropriation of
$5,000 annually for a period of two years, thereby giving the Department additional
funds amounting to $50,000 for the biennium, 1928-1930.
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.
PEABODY HALL
Peabody Hall, the Education Building, was named in honor of George
Peabody, who in 1867 made his great gift to the cause of education in the South.
The building was made possible through a gift of $40,000 from the trustees of
the Peabody Education Fund. This amount was supplemented by an appropriation
of $12,000 from the Rector and Visitors of the University. The building
was completed in 1912, and is the home of the Curry Memorial Department of
Education.
The plans were drawn by a modern school architect, and approved by some
of the leading authorities on school architecture in this country. It is, therefore,
a model of excellence in this regard. It is one of the best equipped
buildings in the University, and has ample classroom and laboratory facilities,
and an excellent auditorium equipped with a modern motion picture
machine. Modern requirements in heating, lighting and ventilation are exemplified
in its construction without sacrificing conformity to the general style of
classic architecture prevailing in the University.
Adequate provision is made for a Departmental library, seminar rooms,
classrooms, psychological laboratory, and offices for the administrative officers
and teaching staff of the Department.
THE HECK MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The Department of Education maintains its own library in Peabody Hall
named in honor of the first professor of Education in the University, the late
Professor William Harry Heck. The library was made possible through the
gift of Mrs. Anna Tuttle Heck of Professor Heck's private library containing
approximately 2,000 well-selected books on Education, and the transfer of all
books on Education from the General Library of the University. Splendid
equipment was procured through a gift of money from students in Education,
the Education Club and friends of Professor Heck. A gift of $3,000 from Mr.
Alfred W. Erickson of New York City has enabled the Department so to
strengthen its professional library as to offer very superior facilities to its
rapidly growing student body, by making possible the enrichment of every
course now offered. At present the library consists of approximately ten
thousand select books covering most fields of Education, a complete file of
publications of the United States Bureau of Education, various national, state
and foreign documents, state school laws, annual reports of state superintendents
of public instruction, city superintendents' reports, etc. Files of the
leading educational magazines are available for free use of the students. Exhibits
of elementary and high school texts for comparative studies are made
available through the generosity of various publishers.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Virginia State Teachers' Scholarships in the Department of Education:
thirty scholarships annually, twenty each with a value of $200, and ten
each with a value of $100, were established in 1918 by action of the General
Assembly of Virginia. The holder must be a Virginian in need of financial assistance
in order to attend the University; and he must pledge himself to teach
two years, or, failing this, to repay to the University the full value of the
scholarship. Blank forms of application may be had upon request to Dean John
L. Manahan, Chairman of the Committee on State Teachers' Scholarships. Appointments
prior to September 1 of each year are made upon the recommendation
of division superintendents. Any scholarships unassigned on September 1
are open to applicants from the State at large.
In addition to the Virginia State Teachers' Scholarships, there are a number
of other scholarships in the University available for students of Education. A
detailed description of them is given in the General Catalogue of the University.
LOAN FUNDS AND STUDENT SELF-HELP
The University is in possession of funds from which loans are made to
deserving students in need of such assistance. An account of these loans is given
in the General Catalogue. Inquiries concerning them should be addressed to the
Bursar.
Opportunities for obtaining remunerative employment are afforded to students
who are desirous by this means of partially paying their way through the
University. It is difficult to give definite assurance of employment to a student
before he reaches the University, but it may be stated that any student with
sufficient resources to carry him through the first half of the session can be
reasonably sure of obtaining work which will help defray his expenses for the
rest of the academic year. Information as to employment may be obtained by
addressing the Director, Box 1487, University, Virginia.
SECONDARY EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA
The Department of Education publishes under the editorship of Dr. W. R.
Smithey, Professor of Secondary Education, a high school quarterly called
Secondary Education in Virginia, devoted to the encouragement of research in
Virginia secondary school problems for both public and private schools and to
the reporting of research through its columns. This publication is the official
organ of the Department of Education, and addressed primarily to the solution
of problems of secondary education in Virginia and its columns are open to all
workers in this field. It aims to encourage educational research in secondary
education.
EXPENSES
The necessary expenses of a Virginia student in the Department of Education
may be estimated at from $400 a year upward, according to the mode of
living; for students from other states, $575 and upward. A fuller statement of
expenses will be found on page 159.
THE DEAN'S LIST
A student who passes on not less than 15 session-hours during a session with
an average of at least 85 per cent., and with no session grade less than 75 per
cent., will be placed on the Dean's List, and will remain on the List as long as he
term and receives no term grade less than 75 per cent. in any course. Any student
on the Dean's List failing to maintain this standard of excellence will be
automatically dropped from the List. A student once dropped from the List can
again make the Dean's List by meeting the above standard for entire session. A
student on the Dean's List is not subject to the regulations limiting the issuance
of leaves of absence from the University, nor does absence from any class entail
on such student any penalty, affecting class standing, imposed for absence alone.
COOPERATIVE PROGRAM BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE
CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Facilities for observation and directed teaching and for practical educational
research are made available through the coöperation with the University of the
school systems of the City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle.
The Coöperative Teacher-Training Program entered into between the School
Board of the City of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia provides for
the employment of critic teachers in the following subjects: English, Latin,
Mathematics, Natural Science and Social Science.
The agreement as adopted includes the following regulations:
1. The critic teachers shall be chosen by the University with the approval of
the superintendent of schools, it being recognized that no person may be elected
by the School Board without the recommendation of the superintendent of
schools.
2. The duties of the critic teachers shall be as follows:
A. To teach two regular classes in the high school such as shall be agreed
upon by the critic teacher, the principal of the high school and the superintendent
of schools.
B. To serve as critic teacher for the direction of the teaching of such student
teachers as are assigned to him.
C. To perform such routine duties in connection with the classes taught as
would fall to the lot of any high school teacher in a city school system in Virginia.
D. To conduct such experimental studies as the wisdom of the critic teacher,
the principal of the high school and the superintendent of schools may deem
advisable for the improvement of the school. Proposals for all such experimental
studies shall originate with the Department of Education in the University of
Virginia.
3. The salaries of the critic teachers shall be paid as follows:
A. The City School Board shall pay the pro rata amount for the two regular
classes taught that would be paid to any high school teacher for doing the same
work according to the fixed salary schedule in effect from time to time.
B. The remainder of the salary shall be paid by the University.
4. The critic teacher may teach a special methods course in the subject-matter
field of his assignment, this work to be done at the University.
COÖPERATIVE PROGRAM BETWEEN THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY
SCHOOL BOARD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
The Coöperative Program entered into between the School Board of the
County of Albemarle and the University of Virginia provides facilities for observation
and practice in the high schools of the County for the training of high
school teachers and principals under a director of high school supervision; and
laboratory training for rural supervisors in the elementary schools of the County
under two assistant professors of rural supervision. Provision is also made for
the training of division superintendents of schools under the direction of Superintendent
A. L. Bennett.
CRITIC TEACHERS AND DEPARTMENTAL SUPERVISORS
The duties of the critic teachers and departmental supervisors in the County
high schools are as follows:
1. To act as general departmental supervisor in the subject-matter field of
his assignment.
2. To teach two regular classes in the high school of which he is a member
of the teaching staff, such as shall be assigned by the Director of Supervision
acting in agreement with the principal of the high school and division superintendent
of schools.
3. To serve as critic teacher for the direction of the teaching of such student
teachers as are assigned to him by the Director of Supervision.
4. To teach a special methods course in the subject-matter field of his
assignment.
5. To conduct such studies of instructional problems as are approved by the
Director of Supervision as being in the interest of the improvement of instruction
in his subject.
6. To coöperate in directing the studies of such graduate students as are
assigned to him by the Director of Supervision, acting in agreement with the
Professor of Secondary Education.
7. To recommend to the principal pupil-assignment to studies in his departmental
field.
DUTIES OF THE RURAL SUPERVISORS
The coöperative program between the University and the County of Albemarle
made possible the employment of two superior rural supervisors, bringing
the supervisory staff for elementary schools to five. These two supervisors, in
addition to supervising all elementary schools in the districts assigned to them,
direct the training of rural supervisors.
In order that there may be adequate opportunity for experimentation in one-room
schools two schools within easy reach of the University have been chosen
for special study and demonstration by the rural supervisors. It is hoped that the
record of achievement in these two schools may serve as an example and stimulus,
not only to the schools of the county, but of a much wider area.
COURSES IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Students who have completed two years of work in a standard Teachers'
College or equivalent, thus qualifying for the Normal Professional Certificate as
issued by the Virginia State Board of Education, may meet the requirements for
the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education, with a major in Elementary
Education, so far as professional courses are concerned by taking such courses
from those listed as the Dean of the Department of Education may specify.
Ordinarily six session-hours of credit in professional courses in Elementary
Education offered in this University will be required. Exceptions to this may be
made in the case of students who have already accumulated credits representing
well rounded preparation for elementary school work. Qualified students may
take one graduate course in meeting the requirements. It should be clearly
understood that students expecting to major in Elementary Education should
have already obtained credit for Practice Teaching and for such courses in
Public School Music, Fine and Industrial Arts and Physical Education, as are
required of elementary teachers by the Virginia State Board of Education under
present certificate requirements. Students who do not have credit for such
courses may take any or all of them in the Summer Quarter of the University.
TRAINING OF ELEMENTARY SUPERVISORS
Students preparing for elementary school supervision must have (1) previous
training equivalent to that required for the Virginia Normal Professional
Certificate, and (2) at least two years of successful teaching experience in elementary
schools attested by letters of recommendation from division superindents
of school under whom the teaching was done.
It is a general requirement in connection with Education B4 that students
shall be present for the opening of the schools in Albemarle County for the
purpose of studying the problems of school organization. The schools usually
open during the first week in September.
COLLEGIATE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE
Recipients of the Bachelor of Science in Education will receive the Collegiate
Professional Certificate, the highest form of certificate for high school
teachers issued by the State Board of Education. This certificate is valid for ten
years, renewable for a similar period, and entitles the holder to teach in both
high and elementary schools in Virginia.
Holders of Collegiate Certificates, the certificates of second rank issued by
the State Board of Education, may obtain the Collegiate Professional Certificate
by attending the University one session and taking four 3 session-hour courses
in Education.
Curricula organized to meet the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Education fulfill both academic and professional requirements for the
highest grade of professional high school certificates issued without examination
by the various state departments of Education to holders of baccalaureate degrees.
The graduate courses in Education are recognized in states requiring
graduate study for professional certificates.
TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES
A resolution of the State Board of Education provides that on and after
September 1, 1929, the minimum qualifications for those persons beginning to
teach in an accredited high school shall be a baccalaureate degree from a standard
four-year college.
In accordance with the above regulations it will not be necessary after September
1, 1929, to issue to incoming teachers the Special or Junior College
Certificate. The new requirement for high school teachers will not be retroactive.
THE SUMMER QUARTER
The Summer Quarter is an integral part of the University year. Courses in
the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as in the Department of Education, are
the same in character and in credit value as in any other Quarter of the University.
Degrees are conferred upon men and women upon exactly the same
terms for work done in the Summer Quarter when the degree requirements are
fully met. Those who contemplate completing their degree requirements in the
Summer Quarter should keep clearly in mind, in estimating the time that will be
required, that the normal amount of credit which may be taken in one Summer
Quarter is 6 session-hours.
Candidates for a degree who desire credit for work done at other colleges
must satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students and must, in addition,
file with the Dean of the Summer Quarter a certificate covering the courses
for which college credit is desired. This certificate must be acceptable both to the
Dean of the Summer Quarter and to the Dean of the Department in which the
degree will be obtained. The certificate must bear the official signature of the
head of the candidate's college and must specify the character and content of the
courses passed by the candidate and must give his grades. In every case the candidate
must spend at least three full Summer Quarters or an equivalent time at
the University in order to meet the residence requirements.
The Master's degree may be obtained by properly qualified persons in
three Summer Quarters. In no case is this degree to be conferred upon any
person who has not attended and done graduate work three full Summer Quarters
or the equivalent time in the regular session of the University and the
Summer Quarter.
All persons who are looking forward ultimately to taking a degree through
summer work are urgently requested to file with the Dean of the Summer
Quarter an official statement of their entrance requirements and work for which
college credit is desired. Blanks for this purpose will be mailed upon application.
First Term begins June 17 and ends July 27. Second Term begins July 29
and ends August 31.
In order to provide for the increasing number of students who complete the
requirements for their degrees during the Summer Quarter, a convocation exercise
will be held Friday evening, August 30, at 8 o'clock, when the degrees will
be conferred.
Catalogue and further information may be obtained by addressing Secretary
Summer Quarter, Box 1337, University, Virginia.
BUREAU OF TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS
Educational Tests.—The Department of Education maintains a Bureau of
Tests and Measurements as a feature of its extra-University service. Select
standard tests in school subjects will be supplied to cities, counties and individual
schools at cost. Members of the Faculty of Education will visit the schools to be
tested, train teachers in the use of the tests and personally direct the giving and
scoring of them, provided the necessary traveling expenses are borne by the
schools served.
Mental Tests.—In connection with its work in educational psychology, the
Department undertakes to assist school authorities in the diagnosis and training
of backward and gifted children. Assistance will be rendered in the making of
mental surveys and the establishment of special classes. A clinic will be maintained
for the study of cases accessible to the University and the services of the
professor in charge will be available to any community in Virginia at the cost
of the necessary test materials and traveling expenses.
Any school official desiring the services of the Bureau of Tests and Measurements
should address the Dean of the Department of Education.
BUREAU OF APPOINTMENTS
The University of Virginia maintains a Bureau of Appointments in charge
of a committee consisting of Professors Manahan, Smithey, Metcalf and Lewis.
The services of the bureau are free to all teachers and prospective teachers seeking
positions in secondary schools (both public and private), normal schools, and
colleges. Correspondence with regard to appointment should be addressed to the
Bureau of Appointments, A. M. Jarman, Secretary, Room D, Peabody Hall,
University, Virginia.
PHI DELTA KAPPA FRATERNITY
A chapter of the national honorary educational fraternity of Phi Delta
Kappa has been organized in connection with the Department of Education.
Under the constitution of the fraternity, only those students are eligible to
membership who expect to make teaching or administration of schools a permanent
vocation, and who give evidence of superior qualities of character,
scholarship and initiative. The standards of scholarship governing election to
membership in the fraternity are similar to those prescribed for election to Phi
Beta Kappa.
The purpose of the fraternity as stated in its constitution is "to develop
among the students of Education at the University of Virginia the spirit of
`Research, Service and Leadership'," and to endeavor by every worthy means
at its command to create and foster fellowship and true fraternalism among
the members of the society.
EDUCATION CLUB
An Education Club is conducted for the purpose of fostering a scientific
study of educational problems. Membership is open to all students taking
courses in Education, teachers, principals and superintendents now in service,
influence and efforts toward placing the teaching profession in Virginia and
the South on a professional basis.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
General Requirements:
(1) For admission to the Department of Education a candidate must meet
the general requirements for admission to the University and also the specific
requirements as to number and selection of high school units required for admission
to the College of Arts and Sciences.
(2) Regular Students: For admission as a regular student in the Department
of Education a candidate, in addition to meeting the above general
requirements, must satisfy one of the following:
(a) File with the Dean of the Department a transcript of record from a
standard college showing the completion of at least 30 session-hours of acceptable
credit which should include the following:
| Foreign Language | 6 session-hours |
| Mathematics | 3 session-hours |
| Natural Science | 6 session-hours |
| History and Sociology | 6 session-hours |
| English | 6 session-hours |
| General Psychology or the History of Education | 3 session-hours |
(b) Present an official transcript of record showing the satisfactory completion
of the program of study leading to the normal diploma from a standard
teacher-training institution.
(3) Special Students: (a) Graduates of colleges and universities other
than the University of Virginia, desiring to secure the necessary professional
training to qualify for the Collegiate Professional Certificate, may register in
the Department of Education and upon completion of the required professional
courses receive a certificate which will entitle them to the Collegiate
Professional Certificate issued by the State Department of Education.
(b) Men may be admitted as special students without fulfilling the entrance
requirements above specified, provided that, if they are Virginians,
they are more than twenty years old or, if they are not Virginians, they are
more than twenty-three years old, on the day of registration, and give adequate
evidence of serious purpose and of the training needed to pursue with
profit the courses for which they are registered. No special student may be
a candidate for a degree; but such students are permitted and encouraged to
make up deficiencies by private study or by taking courses in the Summer
Quarter. They will then be admitted as regular students, and may be accepted
as applicants for degrees, provided all entrance requirements are met at least
one academic year before the date of graduation.
An applicant who has regularly attended a secondary school until he is
twenty years of age without, because of failure, obtaining credit for 15 acceptable
entrance units, will not be accepted as a special student.
(c) Women, twenty-five years of age, giving satisfactory evidence that they
are qualified to pursue courses in Education successfully, may be admitted as
special students, even though they fail to show credit for the 30 session-hours
of academic work required of women for admission to regular standing.
Graduation Requirements:
Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Education.—Candidates for the
degree of Bachelor of Science in Education shall offer in addition to the
credits presented for admission sufficient credits to bring the total to 60 session-hours.
The subjects offered toward graduation are to be so chosen as to make
the full degree program consist of the following:
| Foreign language | 6 session-hours (in one language) |
| Mathematics | 3 session-hours |
| Natural Science | 6 session-hours |
| Social Science | 6 session-hours |
| English | 6 session-hours |
| General Psychology or the History of Education |
3 session-hours |
| Education (including School Hygiene and Sanitation) |
12 session-hours |
| Electives | 18 session-hours |
| Total | 60 session-hours |
Sequence of Required Courses in Education:
(a) Teachers in Secondary Schools:
Students preparing to teach in secondary schools are required to complete
the following courses:
Education B2—Educational Psychology
Education B7—Secondary Education
Education B11a—Special Methods in High School Subjects
Education B11b—Directed Teaching
Education B12—School Hygiene and Sanitation
The student must complete Education B2, Education B7, and Education
B11a before being admitted to Education B11b, "Directed Teaching."
(b) Rural Supervisors:
Students preparing for Rural Supervision must complete the following:
Education B2—Educational Psychology
Education B3—Elementary School Supervision
Education B4—Directed Supervision
The student will be required to complete Education B2, and Education B3
before being admitted to Education B4.
Elective Subjects: The elective subjects shall be chosen, subject to the
approval of the Dean, so as to provide the best preparation for recognized
teaching combinations in the secondary schools.
GRADUATE WORK IN EDUCATION
Graduate work in Education leading to the degrees of Master of Arts,
Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy may be pursued in the Department
of Graduate Studies. Graduate students who choose Education as their major
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy must meet the entrance requirements
of the Department of Graduate Studies, and, in addition, must pass, at least
two terms prior to receiving the degree, preliminary written examinations in
each of the following fields: History of Education, Educational Psychology,
Educational Administration, Secondary Education, and Educational Sociology.
The candidate must also pass a final oral examination upon his dissertation and
the general fields of his major and minor subjects.
The Department of Education offers the following graduate courses: Education
C2, Problems in School Administration; Education C3; Problems in
Elementary School Supervision; Education C4, Problems in High School
Administration; Education C5; Problems in High School Supervision; Education
C6, Mental Measurement; Education C7, Problems in Elementary Education;
Psychology C3, Genetic Psychology; Psychology C4, Theoretical Psychology;
Psychology C5, Systematic Psychology; Psychology C6, Special Topics in
Genetic Psychology; Psychology C7, History of Psychology; Psychology C8,
Statistical Psychology; Education D1, Seminar in Educational Psychology;
Education D2, Seminar in School Administration; Education D3, Seminar in
Secondary Education; and Education D4, Seminar in Elementary Education.
DESCRIPTION OF COURSES
For Undergraduates
Education B1: History of Education: An historical study of the more
important educational systems. First term: Education prior to the Christian
Era with special attention to Greek and Roman Education. Second term:
Western Education from the beginning of the Christian Era to the Reformation.
Third term: Education in modern times with special emphasis on the
History of Education in the United States. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session
hours.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:30 to 10:30; P. H. 4.
Associate Professor Zehmer.
Education B2: Educational Psychology: Psychology B1 prerequisite.—
Mental ability and its development. Quantitative aspects of the subject will be
stressed, and the classroom work will be supplemented by practice in mental
measurement and experiments in learning. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 to 11:30; P. H. B.
Professor Ferguson.
Education B3: Modern Elementary Education: First term: Aims, organization
and administration of the modern elementary school. Second term:
The elementary school curriculum. Third term: Measurement in elementary
education. (Credit, 3 session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday, 4:00-5:30; P. H.
Assistant Professors Acker and McLester.
Education B4: Elementary School Teaching and Supervision:
(a) Teaching and Supervising the Core Curriculum of the Elementary
School: This course alternates with (b) below. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
First term: Theory and practice in the development of units of work.
Second term: A continuation of the work of the first term with emphasis on
constructive activities and visual methods. Third term: Childrens' Literature,
materials, and methods. (Credit, 3 session-hours.) Tuesday, Thursday, 4:005:30;
P. H.
Assistant Professors Acker and McLester.
(b) Teaching and Supervising the Fundamental Subjects: This course
alternates with (a) above.
First term: The teaching and supervision of reading. Second term: The
teaching and supervision of language, spelling, writing. Third term: The
teaching and supervision of arithmetic. (Credit, 3 session-hours.) Tuesday,
Thursday, 4:00-5:30; P. H.
Assistant Professors Acker and McLester.
(c) Elementary School Supervision. Theory and Directed Practice:
For students in their final year majoring in elementary school supervision. Such
students must arrange their schedules so as to have at least two afternoons a
week for field work and conferences. (Credit, 3 session-hours.) Tuesday,
12:30-4:30; Thursday, 3:30-4:30.
Assistant Professors Acker and McLester.
Education B5: Educational Administration and Supervision: Second
term: City school systems. Third term: County school organization and administration.
A special study will be made in connection with each term of Virginia
State School Laws and Regulations of the State Board of Education. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 2 session-hours.) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 to 12:30;
P. H. 4.
Professor Manahan and Assistant Professor Jarman.
Education B7: Modern Secondary Education: First term: History and
principles of modern secondary education. High school management. Second
term: The program of studies of modern secondary schools with special reference
to the principal types of high schools in Virginia. Third term: Modern
methods of high school instruction and classroom management. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 to 11:30; P. H. 2.
Professor Smithey.
Education B8: High School Supervision: First term: Statistical methods
applied to education. Measurement in education. Second term: Extra-curricular
activities. Third term: High school supervision. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30 to 12:30 P. H. 2.
Professor Smithey.
Education B11a: Special Methods in High School Subjects: Education
B7 is a prerequisite to each of the following divisions.—Each third-year student
who is a candidate for a degree in Education must take a special methods course
in the field of his academic major. Selection may be made from the following
courses in meeting the requirements of Education B11a. (Credit, 1 session-hour
for each course.) Hours to be arranged.
(1) The Teaching of English in Secondary Schools: Credit for 6 session-hours
of college English as a minimum and Education B7, prerequisite.—A
detailed consideration of the aims and trends in the teaching of English; the
principles underlying the selection of types of classroom procedure in English
instruction. The course includes an examination of recent texts, tests, and instructional
materials; the construction of units and projects in English; and a
discussion of the principles of curriculum construction in English. Special consideration
will be given to problems of special method in the teaching of literature,
silent reading, oral and written composition, and language usage. (Credit,
1 session-hour.)
Mr. Meade.
(2) The Teaching of Mathematics in Secondary Schools: Credit for 6
session-hours of college mathematics as a minimum and Education B7, prerequisite.—This
course will discuss in detail the aims, organizations and methods of
teaching mathematics in Junior and Senior high schools. Attention will be given
to general mathematics, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and commercial arithmetic.
Special consideration will be given to such topics as the following: Aims
and trends in the teaching of mathematics; criteria for the selection of subject-matter;
the examination of current tests, texts, curricula, and other instructional
materials; the construction, use, and value of teaching units; lesson planning.
(Credit, 1 session-hour.)
Mr. Lankford.
(3) The Teaching of Science in Secondary Schools: Credit for 6 session-hours
of college science as a minimum and Education B7, prerequisite.—This
course will discuss in detail the aims, methods, recent tendencies, and equipment
for the teaching of science in Junior and Senior high schools. A review will be
made of the development of science teaching and the place of the natural sciences
in the curriculum of secondary schools. Special attention will be given to general
science, biology, chemistry, and physics. This will include a critical examination
of recent textbooks, a discussion of current practices in handling laboratory work
and notebooks, the planning and value of units of instruction, testing, and remedial
teaching. (Credit, 1 session-hour.)
Mr. Lankford.
(4) The Teaching of the Social Studies in Secondary Schools: Credit for
6 session-hours of college social studies as a minimum and Education B7, prerequisite.—A
course in materials and methods in the social studies. The course
includes a consideration of (a) the general current trends in the teaching of the
social studies in secondary schools; (b) the objectives of the social studies in the
high school; (c) the examination and use of text and laboratory materials for
social studies; (d) a consideration of classroom procedure and the place and use
of objective and other tests; (e) the unit plan and procedure; (f) and the materials
and devices to make this plan of study effective in the handling of individual
students. (Credit, 1 session-hour.)
Mr. Swindler.
Education B11b: Directed Teaching: Open only to seniors. Education
B2, B7 and B11a prerequisite.—Directed teaching in the City High School of
Charlottesville and in the high schools of Albemarle County. The student,
through graded participation is inducted into successive teaching activities until
full teaching responsibility is assumed for a period of time sufficient to produce
skill in teaching. Daily practice for a semester is required as a minimum. Required
of all candidates for the degree of B.S. in Education. Hours to be arranged.
(Credit, 2 session-hours.)
Professor Smithey and Critic Teachers.
Education B12: School Hygiene and Sanitation: Courses prescribed by
the Virginia State Board of Education and State Board of Health for all students
desiring certificates to teach in public schools. After a preliminary consideration
of normal anatomy and physiology, the following topics are discussed:
Physical defects and their control, personal hygiene, communicable diseases,
physical inspection of school children, first aid, the sanitary school, and public
health.—(Credit, 1 session-hour.) First term, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
11:30; P. H., 4.
Assistant Professor Jarman.
For Undergraduates and Graduates
Education C2: Problems in School Administration: Education B5 and
one other B course in Education prerequisite.—First term: Organization, aims,
scope and methods of school surveys. Second term: A detailed study of selected
school surveys. Third term: The limitations and possibilities of educational surveys
in the fields of elementary and secondary education. Tuesday, Thursday, 3
to 4:30; P. H., 7.
Professor Manahan and Assistant Professor Jarman.
Education C3: Problems in Elementary School Supervision: Education
B5 and B3 or B4 prerequisite.—First term: Problems in the application of the
principles of scientific management to education. Second term: Standard tests in
school subjects; their derivation and standardization. Third term: Application of
educational tests, and the interpretation of the results. Monday, Wednesday, 3 to
4:30; P. H., 7.
Professor Manahan and Assistant Professor Jarman.
Education C4: Problems in High School Administration: Education B7
and B8 prerequisite.—An advanced course in secondary education. Students will
be required to make original investigations of the problems in the field of secondary
education. First term: Problems of reorganization and control of the
high school. Second term: Curriculum problems. Third term: The Training of
the best procedures in high school organization, administration, supervision, and
instruction for the attainment of the objects of secondary education and to give
him opportunities to ascertain how high schools should be organized and administered
in terms of accepted principles for the realization of these objectives.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:30 to 10:30; P. H., 2. To be given in alternate
years with Education C5.
Professor Smithey.
Education C5: Problems in High School Supervision: Education B8 and
B7 prerequisite.—An advanced course in secondary education. Students will be
required to make original investigations of problems relating to secondary education.
First term: Problems of the high school teacher. Second term: Problems
of educational and vocational guidance. Third term: Problems of high school
supervision. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:30 to 10:30; P. H., 2. To be given
in alternate years with Education C4. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Professor Smithey.
Education C6: Mental Measurement: Psychology B1 and one B course
in Education prerequisite.—A study of the more important mental tests and intelligence
scales, of the statistical methods involved in their use, and of the
results obtained.
Professor Ferguson.
Education C7: Problems in Elementary Education: (Open to graduates
and undergraduates.) First term: Survey of research as it relates to instruction
in the fundamental subjects. Second term: Curriculum problems. Third term:
Problems of the class room teacher. Monday, Wednesday, 7:30-9:30 p. m. P. H.
Professor Manahan and Assistant Professors Acker and McLester.
Note: Psyscology C3, Genetic Psychology, Psychology C4, Theoretical Psychology,
Psychology C5, Systematic Psychology, Psychology C6, Special Topics
in Genetic Pschology, Psychology C7, History of Psychology, and Psychology
C8, Statistical Method, may be offered toward meeting the requirements for
graduate degrees in Education.
Psychology C3: Genetic Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other B
course listed in this School prerequisite.—The development of psychological
functions in the animal species and in the child will be traced as a genetic approach
to human psychology. The topics to be considered include the senses,
instinct, memory, learning and intelligence. During part of the year laboratory
work will be included.
Assistant Professor Dennis.
Psychology C4: Theoretical Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other
B course listed in this School prerequisite.—An examination of the more important
positions in Psychological theory, with special reference to the structural,
functional, behavioristic and Gestalt points of view. To be given in alternate
years with Psychology C5. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Associate Professor Geldard.
Psychology C5: Systematic Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other
B course listed in this School prerequisite.—A survey of the psychological literature
pertaining to the special senses, feeling and emotion, and action. The course
is designed to provide an understanding of fundamental methods of research as
well as a knowledge of the status of basic problems. To be given in alternate
years with Psychology C4.
Associate Professor Geldard.
Psychology C6: Special Topics in Genetic Psychology: Psychology B1
and any other B course listed in this School prerequisite.—A seminar course for
advanced students in which the literature of special topics in child and animal
psychology will be reviewed. Second and third terms only. To be given in
alternate years with Psychology C7. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Assistant Professor Dennis.
Psychology C7: History of Psychology: Psychology B1 and any other
B course listed in this School prerequisite.—A survey of the historical development
of modern psychology. Second and third terms only. To be given in alternate
years with Psychology C6.
Assistant Professor Dennis.
Psychology C8: Statistical Method: Psychology B1 and any other B
course listed in this School prerequisite.—An introduction to the statistical methods
in current use in psychology and allied fields. First term only.
Assistant Professor Dennis.
For Graduates
Education D1: Seminar in Educational Psychology: Research studies.
Hours by appointment.
Professor Ferguson.
Education D2: Seminar in School Administration: Research studies in
state, city and county school organization and administration will be made and
reported for class discussion by each student. Hours by appointment.
Professor Manahan.
Education D3: Seminar in Secondary Education: Research studies in secondary
education. Each student will be given a special problem which will be
reported to the class for discussion. Hours by appointment.
Professor Smithey.
Education D4: Seminar in Elementary Education: Hours to be arranged.
Professor Manahan and Assistant Professors Acker, Jarman, McLester.
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