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For Undergraduates
Education B1: History and Philosophy of Education.—A study of the chief
educational ideals of mankind in relation to their social and historical conditions,
and as the expression of corresponding philosophies of life.—(B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 10:30-11:30, P. H., 2. Associate
Professor Pott. (Not open to first-year students.)
Education B2: Educational Psychology.—Psychology B1, prerequisite.—
Original tendencies; the nature and laws of learning; principles of teaching.—(B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 12:30-1:30, P. H.,
8. Professor Ferguson.
Education B3: Educational Sociology.—First and Second terms: Principles
of sociology. Third Term: Social Origins.—(B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 10:30-11:30, P. H. 2. Professor Smithey.
Education B5: Educational Administration and Supervision.—First term:
State and county school organization. Second term: City school systems.
Third term: State and local school organization in Virginia. A study of
State laws.—(B.A. or B.S., credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S., 11:30-12:30,
P. H. 4. Professor Manahan.
Education B6: Planning and Equipment of School Buildings: Education B5
or B7, prerequisite.—Lectures on school design, supplemented by drawing
room practice and field work. Assigned readings and reports. Third Term.
(Credit, 1 session-hour.) Professor Hudnut. Hours to be arranged.
Education B7: Principles of Secondary Education.—(A course intended
primarily for students who expect to teach or to occupy some administrative
position in the high school or general educational work.) First term:
Historical development of the secondary school; its social principles and its
present tendencies. Second term: Junior high schools; their organization,
standardization and supervision. Third term: Aims and functions of the
secondary school in organized society, and its relation to elementary and
M. W. F., 11:30-12:30, P. H., 2. Professor Smithey.
Education B8: Hygiene and Education.—First term: Personal and community
hygiene. Second term: Characteristics, defects, and hygiene of
physical development. Third term: Hygiene of school buildings; equipment
and management.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) (Omitted in 1926-1927.)
Education B9: Elementary School Administration and Supervision.—First
term: Organization of the elementary school and its relation to the high
school. Second term: Duties and qualifications of elementary school principals
and teachers; the training of teachers in service. Third term: The
curriculum of the elementary school and its reorganization.—(B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S., 10:30-11:30, P. H., 7. Professor Manahan.
Education B10: Methods of Teaching High-School Subjects.—Unit courses
of six weeks each in methods of teaching school subjects will be given by
representatives of the various academic schools concerned. These courses
will be required of third-year students who are candidates for degrees in
Education. Each student must take the methods courses in at least two
subjects, his major and minor, which he expects to teach in high school.—
(Credit toward the B.S. in Education.) Hours to be arranged.
In meeting the requirements of Education B10 the student may select
any two of the following courses in the teaching of high school subjects:
(a): The Teaching of Biology in Secondary Schools: Biology B1, prerequisite.—Field
and laboratory study of local fauna and flora with the
object of familiarizing the prospective teacher with the materials he will
be called upon to use, by means of an ecological and systematic study of
native animals and plants. Weekly field trips with laboratory study of the
specimens collected. Course given from September 15 to November 1, and
from April 1 to May 15. Written and graphic reports and assigned reading
are required. (Credit, 2 session-hours.) Professors Kepner and Lewis.
(b): A brief course on the Teaching of English in Secondary Schools
will be offered if conditions permit.
(c): The Teaching of French in Secondary Schools: French A and B,
prerequisite.—Lectures, assigned reading, class reports. Hours to be arranged.
Associate Professor Graham.
(d): The Teaching of Latin in Secondary Schools: Latin A1, prerequisite.—Hours
to be arranged. Professor FitzHugh.
(e): The Teaching of Spanish in Secondary Schools: Spanish A and B,
prerequisite.—Lectures, assigned reading, class reports. Hours to be arranged.
Assistant Professor Knight.
(f): The Teaching of Health Education: Health Education B2, B3, and
Physical Education B1, prerequisite.—Hours to be arranged.
(g): The Teaching of Physical Education: This course, a requirement
of the West Law, is an intensive study of the theory and practice of physical
activities suitable for pupils in city and rural schools, both elementary and
secondary. It includes systematic gymnastics, efficiency and achievement
tests, mass-athletics, organized recess, athletic period and a limited amount
of practice teaching. Open to both men and women. Hours to be arranged.
Assistant Professor Otto.
Education B11: Observation and Supervised Teaching. Senior standing
prerequisite.—Consists of a study of principles of teaching, observation of
class work, construction of lesson plans, and teaching, under supervision,
in the Charlottesville High School. Students do their supervised teaching
under the direction of the regular teachers of the school and the professor
in charge of this work. Under this plan students have an opportunity to
gain a valuable experience under favorable conditions. During the period
of supervised teaching, each student assumes responsibility for the instruction,
discipline and grading of one class in the high school. Required of all
candidates for the degree of B.S. in Education. This course must be taken
during the candidate's fourth year. (Credit, 3 session-hours.) Hours to
be arranged. Assistant Professor Gilbert.
Education B12: School Hygiene and Sanitation: Course prescribed by the
State Board of Education and State Board of Health for all students desiring
certificates to teach in public schools. The following topics are considered:
1. General Public Health and Medical Inspection of Schools.
2. Physical Defects and their Control.
3. Personal Hygiene.
4. Communicable Diseases and their Control.
5. First Aid.
6. The Sanitary School.
7. Community Health.
Credit will be apportioned on the basis of the time and work prescribed.
Hours to be arranged. Assistant Professor Reynolds.
Health Education B1: History and Principles of Health and Physical Education.—The
history of health and physical education with particular reference
to progress in Europe and America within recent times. The purpose of
the course is to acquaint the student with the various programs of health
education and systems of physical education, with leaders in these fields and
with present-day conceptions of these subjects. It would also consider the
place of health and physical education in the general scheme of present-day
educational endeavor and the principles governing the organization and
their aims, values and ideals. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)
Health Education B2: Public Health and Health Education: Biology B1,
Medical Bacteriology, Education B14, and Anatomy and Physiology, Education
B15, prerequisite.—First Term: The control of communicable diseases
and immunity. Second Term: The water supply and sewerage disposal,
refuse disposal, milk, foods and diet. Third Term: Child and maternity
hygiene, mental hygiene, industrial hygiene, vital statistics, public health
education, etc.
Journal Club. One class period each month will be devoted to meetings
of the Journal Club, at which time various public health topics, assigned
by the instructor, will be discussed by the class. (Credit, 4 session-hours.)
Health Education B3: Medical Bacteriology for Teachers of Health Education.
Biology B1, prerequisite.—Bacteria in nature; life habits of bacteria.
Elements of public health bacteriology. Cultural study of selected
disease-producing bacteria. Modes of transmission and portals of entry.
Changes produced during infection. Immunity. Modes of exit of bacteria
from infected body. Carriers. Given only during first term. (Credit, 2
session-hours.) Professor Marshall.
Physical Education B1: Anatomy and Physiology.—(Lectures, demonstrations,
recitations and reports.) A study of the anatomy and physiology of
the human body, especially adapted for the student of physical education
and health. First and Second Terms: A brief general study of the
structure and function of the various parts of the body. Third Term:
The work of the first two terms is completed and is followed by detailed
consideration of a number of special topics. During the entire course there
are frequent demonstrations of anatomical dissection, models, microscopic
preparations and physiological experiments. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)
M. W. F., 9:30-10:30, P. H., 7. Associate Professor Speidel.
Physical Education B2: Kinesiology.—Deals exclusively with the mechanical
problems of bodily movement of bones, joints and muscles. The principal
types of muscular exercise in gymnastics, athletics, etc., are studied as to
their reaction on the body, their relation in bodily development, efficiency
of movement, and the prevention and correction of certain physical defects
and deformities. (Credit, 2 session-hours.)
Physical Education B3: Anthropometry, Corrective and Medical Gymnastics.—
The influence of family and personal history upon the present condition
of the individual; laws of growth; bodily measurements and examinations
of special senses; practical work in measuring, testing, and recording, and
coördination with the physical inspection program of school children in
Virginia; examination of heart, lungs, and for hernia; prescription of
exercise for common structural and postural defects of trunk and feet;
of massage in health, athletics, and disease. (Credit, 2 session-hours.)
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