SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.
Education B1: An Introductory Course.—First term: The school as
a governmental agency. Second term: The school as a social institution.
Third term: A survey of the psychological factors involved in Education.—(B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professors Manahan,
Maphis and Ferguson.
Education B2: Educational Psychology.—First term: The learning
process. Second term: General methods of teaching. Third term: Psychology
of the school subjects.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Ferguson.
Education B3: Educational Sociology.—First term: Principles of applied
sociology that most concern various types of education as determined
by the needs of democratic society, modern economic life and present-day
culture. Second term: The social aim and current problems in
curricula making. Third term: Social significance of various types of
extra-school education.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor
Smithey.
Education B4: History of Education.—First term: Ancient and
mediaeval periods. Second term: Modern period. Third term: Modern
educational classics.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor
Ferguson.
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.) Professor
Manahan.
Education B6: Mental Tests.—Philosophy B3 or Education B2 prerequisite.—First
term: Tests of separate functions. Second term: Intelligence
scales. Third term: A study of selected investigations.—(B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor Ferguson.
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: Aims and functions
of the secondary school in organized society, and its relation to elementary
and higher education. Its program of studies. Third term: Junior high
schools: Their organization, standardization and supervision.—(B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours of electives-at-large.) 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 of
electives-at-large.) Professor
Smithey.
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 of electives-at-large.) Professor Manahan.
Education B10: Methods of Teaching High-School Subjects.—Unit
courses of six weeks each in methods of teaching high-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 the B.S. 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, 1 session-hour toward the B.S. in Education.)
Hours to be arranged.
Education B11: Directed Teaching: Education B10 prerequisite.—(For
candidates for the B.S. in Education and must be taken during the candidate's
fourth year.) Students will be grouped in pairs and will teach
one class each day in their major or minor subjects for 18 weeks, one student
teaching the first half of the school year and the other student teaching
the second half. The student not teaching will serve as an assistant
and critic of his associate who will in turn become an assistant and critic
when his period of teaching is completed.—(Credit, 2 session-hours toward
the B.S. in Education.) Hours to be arranged.
Education C1: Advanced Educational Psychology: Education B2 or
Philosophy B3 and one other B course in Education, prerequisite.—First term:
Original nature. Second term: Learning. Third term: Individual differences.
Hours to be arranged. Professor Ferguson.
Education C2: Educational Surveys: State, City and County: Education
B5 or B7 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. Hours to be arranged. To be given in alternate years
with Education C3. Professor Manahan.
Education C3: Standard Tests in School Subjects: Education B5 or
B7 and one other B course in Education, 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. Hours to be arranged. To be given in
alternate years with Education C2. Professor Mahahan.
Education C4: Problems in Secondary Education: Education B7 or B5
and one other B course in Education, prerequisite.—An advanced course in
secondary education. Students will be required to make original investigations
of special problems relating to secondary education. Hours by
appointment. Professor
Smithey.
Education C5: Sociology and Education: Education B3 and one other
B course in Education, prerequisite.—First term: The family as a social
and educational institution. Second term: Social education in the public
schools. Third term: The sociology of rural life. Hours to be arranged.
Professor Smithey.
Education D1: Seminar in Educational Psychology.—Experimental
investigation of selected problems. 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.
