 | The University of Virginia record March 15, 1918 |  |
EDUCATION
Education 10. C. E. The Health of the School Children and Teachers.—8:30;
P. H. 2. Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr.
Heck.
Corresponds to the first term of Education B2 in the regular session and to
Education 1 in previous Summer Schools.
This course deals with practical applications to local conditions of the hygiene
of posture, nutrition, ventilation, nose and throat, ears, eyes, nervous system, and
sleep, and the prevention of contagious diseases. The last week is devoted to the
hygienic organization of the teacher's life and work. Text-Books.—Terman's Hygiene
of the School Child, and Teacher's Health, and the Bulletins of the Virginia
Board of Health.
Education 12. C. E. Hygiene and Sanitation.—12:15; C. L. 29.
Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Heck.
Corresponds to the second term of Education B1 in the regular session.
This course attempts to acquaint teachers with the fundamental principles of heredity
and their significance for education. The main subjects for discussion are the
germ and the body cells, inheritance of acquired characters, education, other environmental
influences, Mendelism, heredity of defects, heredity of abilities, eugenics.
Text-Books.—Guyer's Being Well-Born, and Castle's Genetics and Eugenics.
Education 13. C. School Administration.—10:30; P. H. 2. Credit, 2
hours (one session-hour). Mr. Hill.
For superintendents, principals and teachers. Will consider contemporary tendencies
and problems in school organization and administration in state, county and city;
the duties and powers of central and local educational authorities, with special reference
to conditions in Virginia and the South.
Education 14. C. Educational Surveys and Tests.—12:15; P. H. 3.
Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Hill.
For teachers and supervisory officers interested in the scientific measurement of
educational products.
Education 15. C. E. Methods and Management (Third Year Elementary
Professional Course relative to one and two teacher
schools).—2:30; P. H. 3. Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour. Mr.
Krebs.
Aim, habit, first day in school; daily program; relative value of subjects; types of
teaching; order and discipline; text-book instruction; duties of teachers; ethical principles.
Suggested text: The Teaching Process—Strayer; School Management—
Salisbury.
Education 16. C. E. Educational Psychology.—9:30; P. H. 5.
Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Heck.
Corresponds to the first term of Education B5 in the regular session. The
course will be an introductory survey of the subject, emphasizing its relationship
to genetic psychology on the one hand, and to education on the other. It will
primarily consist of a study of the main stages of mental development in the child
and the proper adaptation of school life work to the needs of these stages.
Education 17. C. E. Principles of Teaching and Studying. Second
Year Grammar Grade Professional Course.—12:15; P. H. 4.
Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Hill and Mr. Krebs.
Corresponds to the first term of Education B6 in the regular session and treats
of the educational value of the modern program of studies and the psychology of
high school studies.
Education 19. C. History of Education.—3:30; P. H. 4. Credit, 2
hours (one session-hour). Mr. Hand.
Corresponds to the first term of Education B9 in the regular session.
This course gives a historical background for the study of present educational
systems in Europe and America. Text-Books.—Grave's History of Education before
the Middle Ages and History of Education during the Middle Ages and the Transition
to Modern Times.
Education 20. C. High School Administration.—12:15; P. H. 1.
Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Hand.
Place of the high school in education; legal status of the high schools; organization
and government, including such problems as (a) the junior high school (b)
supervised study (c) the selective and advisory function (d) the informal life of
the school; selection and employment of teachers; school attendance and school
records.
Education 21. C. Matter and Method in the High School.—8:30; P.
H. 4. Credit, 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Hand.
Will deal with materials of high school education and the technic involved in the
instructional work.
Note.—A special conference of all high school teachers will be held once a week,
conducted by Mr. Hand.
Education 110. E. Nature Study and Home Geography.—10:30; P.
H. 1. Credit, 2 hours. Miss Walton.
Part I. Aims in nature study; relation to agriculture; principles of nature study;
outline by grade and seasons; typical lesson plans; suggestions for rural schools;
the school garden; treatment of topics.
Part II. What is Home Geography? Topics determined by pupils; units included
topics; definitions. Suggested texts; Practical Nature Study—Coulter & Patterson;
The Teaching of Geography in Elementary Schools—Dodge & Kirchwey.
Education 111. E. Child Literature and History Stories. Third
Year Primary Grades.—12:15; L. B. 1. Credit, 2 hours. Miss
Barrett.
In this course a study is made of literature appropriate for the first four grades,
with discussions of the principles underlying the selection and presentation of stories
of children. The course aims to prevent a broad range of material which will give
a good basis for the appreciation and selection of stories suitable to children of
different ages. Classification is worked out with regard to sources and stories
adapted to various ages and purposes. The opportunity for individual presentation
of stories to children is provided for.
Education 144. E. Methods in Literature and Reading. Third
Year Grammar Grades.—10:30; P. H. 1. Credit, 2 hours. Miss
Reading—relative value; material; kinds of reading; mechanics of oral reading;
silent reading; reading tests.
Literature—relation to reading; material; literary appreciation; outline of methods;
memory work; dramatization; parallel reading; biography of authors.
Education 129a. E. Principles of Elementary Education. First Year
Primary Summer School Professional Course.—2:30; Section I,
Primary Grades. P. H. 5. Credit, 2 hours. Miss Gregg.
Education 129b. E. Principles of Elementary Education. First Year
Grammar Grade Summer School Professional Course.—10:30;
Section II, Grammar Grades. P. H. 5. Credit, 2 hours. Miss
Barrett.
These courses are planned for the first year's work for primary and grammar
grade teachers and will include some general principles of education and elementary
processes in human behavior. Text-Book.—Thorndike's Education, Supplemented.
Education 130. E. Methods in Geography. Third Year Grammar
Grades.—8:30; C. L. 29. Credit, 2 hours. Mr. Saunders.
Aims, values, development of lesson types; motivation of Geography study; correlation
with other subjects; visual aids; how to use the text; arranging the course
of study.
Education 131. E. Child Study. Second Year Primary Summer
School Professional Course.—12:15; P. H. 2. Credit, 2 hours.
Miss Davidson.
This course presents the problems of child study; physical growth of the child;
native movements; instincts and their education; education of the senses; imagination;
early development of the child; play, imitation and curiosity as factors in the
learning process. Text.—Kirkpatrick's Fundamentals of Child Study.
Education 132. E. Methods in Reading 1. First Year Primary Summer
School Professional Course.—12:15; P. H. 5. Credit, 2
hours. Miss Summy.
Aims: practical work with class in oral reading; standards for each grade, second,
third, fourth; methods of teaching reading; types of reading lessons; critical
study of State adopted books; selection of library for these grades.
Education 133a. E. Methods in Reading 2. Second Year Primary
Summer School Professional Course.—8:30 to 10:30; Midway
School. Credit, 2 hours.
Demonstration lessons in Methods of Teaching Reading. Demonstrations will be
given daily from 8:30 to 10:30 at Midway School Building in the regular organized
vacation school.
Education 133b. E. The Teaching of Reading 2. Second Year Primary
Summer School Professional Course.—9:30; Jefferson Hall.
Credit, 2 hours. Miss Davidson.
Education 134. E. Methods in Languages and Spelling. Second
Year Primary Summer School Professional Course.—10:30; P. H.
3. Credit, 2 hours. Miss Gregg.
Language methods; course of study for the first four grades.
Education 135. E. Hygiene and Sanitation. Second Year Primary
Summer School Professional Course.—Credit, 2 hours. See Education
12. Mr. Heck.
Hygiene of the school child will receive major emphasis.
Education 136. E. Methods in History and Civics. First Year
Grammar Grade Summer School Professional Course.—12:15; C.
L. 30. Credit, 2 hours. Mr. Saunders.
The relation of history and civics; relation of method and subject matter; adaptation
the secret of method; study of the neighborhood. American flag, national and
state songs, historical stories; visual appeal; dramatics as a method; using questions;
note-book making; current events; lesson plans.
Education 137. E. Grammar Grade Methods in Arithmetic 1. First
Year Grammar Grade Summer School Professional Course.—
3:30; C. H. 5. Credit, 2 hours. Miss Davidson.
Text required.—Smith's Modern Advanced Arithmetic.
Education 138. E. Grammar Grade Methods in Arithmetic 2. Second
Year Grammar Grade Summer School Professional Course.
—9:30; C. H. 5. Credit, 2 hours. Mr. Saunders.
Text required.—Smith's Modern Advanced Arithmetic.
Education 139. E. Primary Grade Methods in Arithmetic 1. First
Year Primary Grade Summer School Professional Course.—10:30;
C. H. 5. Credit, 2 hours. Miss Summy.
Fundamental processes of number and its connection with daily life. Development
of number in the first four primary grades. Sense training devices, tests
and application.
Education 140. E. Kindergarten Observation.—9:30 to 11:30; Washington
Hall. Credit, 2 hours. Miss Wall and Miss Summy.
There will be daily observation in the Kindergarten and weekly conferences in
which questions arising from observation in the Observation School will be discussed.
Note books and questionnaire. Study of materials and methods adapted
to use in the primary schools.
Education 141. E. Handwork for Kindergarten and Primary Grades.
—12:15; Washington Hall. Fee $1.00. Miss Wall.
Painting—2 weeks—Floating color, developing color appreciation. Landscape; object,
design. Crayon—2 weeks—Color appreciation; landscape, object, design. Cutting—one
week—Free cutting leading to design; representative cutting, story cutting.
Construction work—one week—Life forms without paste and with paste.
Education 142. E. Methods in Language I. First Year Primary
Summer School Professional Course.—8:30; P. H. 3. Credit,
2 hours. Miss Barrett.
Three weeks of this course will be devoted to a review of English and Composition
to insure a foundation upon which to build up the course of study and methods
in the first four grades. The last three weeks will be devoted to language methods.
Education 143. E. Methods in Language and Spelling. First Year
Grammar Grade Summer School Professional Certificate.—P.
H. 1; 9:30. Credit, 2 hours. Miss Gregg.
Aim; spelling, subject matter, methods; language, oral, written; tests.
Education 331. Medical Inspection and First Aid.
This course will be conducted by representatives from the State Board of Health,
who are specialists in their respective fields, assisted by members of the Summer
School Faculty.
Vacation School and Demonstration Classes.
A very important and helpful feature of the work in elementary education will
be a regular vacation school for observation purposes. The city of Charlottesville
will conduct a vacation school for work in all the grades, which will be in charge
of trained expert teachers. Arrangements have been made for daily observation
work, and classes have been scheduled to avoid conflict. The work will be done
under the supervision of a critic teacher.
Note.—A series of Round Table Conferences in Education will be arranged to
meet once or twice a week. Separate conferences for high school teachers, grammar
grade teachers and primary teachers will be held.
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