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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
hygenic organization of the teacher's life and work. Assigned readings will be
made and reports required. Text-Books.—Terman's Hygiene of the School Child,
and Teacher's Health, and the Bulletins of the Virginia Board of Health.

Education 8. Hygiene and Sanitation.—Section II. First Term. 4:30;
P. H. 3. Credit, one session-hour. Dr. Keister.

For high school graduates and teachers without experience.

For description of course see Education 8—Section I.

Education 9. Administration of Village and Rural Schools.—First
Term. 8:30; P. H. 1. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Heatwole.

Aims, organization and control; types of schools, including special provision for
subnormal and gifted pupils; classification and reclassification of pupils; schedules,
supplies, relation to secondary and vocational education, buildings, equipment,
grounds, support and costs; training of teachers in service. Corresponds to one term
of Education B9, regular session.

Education 13. School Administration.—First Term. 8:30; P. H. 4.
Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Manahan.

For superintendents, principals and teachers. Will consider contemporary tendencies
and problems in school organization and administration in state, city and
county; duties and powers of central and local educational authorities, with special
reference to conditions in Virginia and the South. Corresponds to one term, Education
B5, regular session.

Education 13 (c). Seminar in School Administration.—First Term.
10:30; P. H. 8. Mr. Manahan.

Study of school surveys—state, city and county. Will consider organization,
aims, scope, methods, limitations and possibilities of school surveys. Detailed study
of select and special problems. For graduate students only. Corresponds to one
tion B5 or B9, regular session.

Education 14. Standard Tests in Elementary School Subjects.—
First Term. 10:30; P. H. 4. Credit, one session-hour. Mr.
Sanger.

For teachers, principals and others interested in learning the value and uses of
standard tests in elementary school subjects. Corresponds to one term of Education
B5 or B9 in regular session.

Education 14 (c). Standard Tests in Elementary School Subjects.—
First Term. 11:30; P. H. 8. Mr. Manahan.

Problems in the derivation, standardization, application and the interpretation of
the results of standard tests. For graduate students only. Corresponds to one term
of Education C3, regular session.

Education 15. Methods, Management, Observation.—Both Terms.
12:30; L. B. 1. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Ferguson.

Equivalent to one term of Education B2.

Twenty recitations will be given to the general methods of teaching. Ten recitations
will be given to the management of class affairs. Twenty observations are included
in this course. Methods; topics: types of lessons (1); purposes (2); assignments
(3); organization of subject matter (4); daily preparation (5); lesson plans
(6); questioning (7). Management; topics: routine factors, daily programs, signals,
regularity and punctuality, general order (8); judgment factors, discipline—moral
training (9), attention, promotion, testing results, teacher's relationships. Observation;
discuss each recitation under the following topics: what was done in the recitation;
what elements of the recitation are worthy of imitation; how may the recitation
be modified for the better.

Education 16. Educational Psychology.—Both Terms. 10:30; P. H.
3. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Ferguson.

Corresponds to one term of Education B2. An introductory course. The psychology
of learning: instinct, habit, memory, thinking, attention and interest in their
educational aspects.

Education 17 (c). Individual and Group Differences.—Second Term.
9:30; P. H. 8. Mr. Ferguson.

A course in general or educational psychology, prerequisite. Corresponds to one
term of Education C1. The nature and amount of differences among individuals
and groups due to such factors as race, sex, heredity, environment, maturity. Methods
of adjusting school organization to individual capacities. The first week will
be devoted to a consideration of the elements of statistical method.

Education 18 (c). Mental Deficiency.—First Term. 9:30; P. H. 8.
Mr. Ferguson. A fee of $5.00 will be charged to cover expenses
of observation trips.

A course in general or educational psychology, prerequisite.

Corresponds to one term of Education C6. The nature and diagnosis of mental
deficiency and the training of defective children.

Education 19. History of Education.—First Term. 3:30; P. H. 4.
Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Heatwole.

An attempt will be made in this course to show the historical bearing of the
teaching methods and content characteristic of the modern public schools. Corresponds
to one term of Education B1, regular term. Text-Book.—"Public Education
in the United States"—Cubberley.

Education 20 (c). High School Administration.—Both Terms. First
Term. 8:30; Mr. Sanger, Second Term, 11:30; P. H. 2. Credit,
one session-hour. Mr.—.

Corresponds to one term of Education B7 or C4.

For graduates and undergraduates.

Place of the high school in education; legal status of the high schools; organization
and government, including such problems as directed study, the selective and
advisory function, the informal life of the school, selection and employment of
teachers, school attendance and school records.

Education 21. Content and Method in the Modern Secondary School.
—Both Terms. 12:30; P. H. 1. Credit, one session-hour. First
Term, Mr. Sanger, Second Term, Mr. Smithey.

The project-problem method of instruction will be used largely in this course,
the project being to develop a curriculum for a modern high school embracing
content, methods, materials and correlations. Corresponds to one term of Education
B7, regular session.

Note.—A special conference of all high school teachers will be held once a week,
conducted by Mr. Smithey.

Education 22. Educational Sociology.—Both Terms. 10:30; P. H. 2.
Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Smithey.

First term: Elementary sociology. Principles of sociology that most
concern various types of education as determined by the needs of
domocratic society, modern economic life, and present-day culture.
Corresponds to first term of Education B3.

Second term: Educational sociology. The school as a Social Institution.
Corresponds to third term of Education B3.

Education 23 (c). Statistical Methods as Applied to Education.
—Both Terms. 9:30; P. H. 2. Credit, one session-hour. Mr.
Smithey.

For graduates and undergraduates. This course will include a study of the statistical
methods which are now in general use in school administration. Concrete
problems will be used to illustrate the statistical methods. Corresponds to one term
of Education B7 or C4.

Education 24. Supervision of Rural Elementary Schools.—First
Term. 3:30; P. H. 1. Credit, one session-hour. Miss Stubbs.

Credit allowed for one term of Education B3.

This course is designed primarily for teachers preparing themselves for Rural
Supervision. Rural Schools—Defects; State plan for financial support; plans for
supervision; school-community organizations; national and local status.

Rural Supervisor—Status; relationship; qualifications; duties; problems; selection,
training, and retaining teachers; adapting course of study to rural needs; school
surveys; consolidations; securing financial aid; promoting interest.

References: Bulletins and reports on rural education and supervision.

Education 25. Rural Teaching Problems.—First Term. 10:30; C.
L. 29. Credit, one session-hour. Miss Stubbs.

Credit allowed for one term of Education B3.

This is a helpful course for rural supervisors, principals, and teachers. Selection
of subject matter of vital interest to the country boy and girl, and methods
adapted to the country school needs; arrangement of subject matter into organized
units centering about fundamental phases of country life, experiences and needs;
methods of adapting the State Course of study to the needs of the country child;
organization and administrative problems.

References: State Course of Study; public school text-books; books on rural
education.

Note.—Miss Mabel Carney, Professor of Rural Education, Teachers' College, New
York, and one of the leaders in Rural Education in this country will give a series
of lectures June 28, 29, and 30th.

Education 26. Rural Sociology.—First Term. 4:30; P. H. 4. Credit,
one session-hour. Mr. Gee.

Credit allowed for one term of Education B3.

See Economics 82.

Education 27. Supervision in the Elementary School.—First Term,
11:30; P. H. 1. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education.
Miss Grant.

This course is planned to meet the needs of teachers who have had some teaching
experience and who are preparing for the supervision and training of teachers.
Fundamental principles underlying all instruction will be considered. From these,
will grow other topics, as: principles underlying present day changes in education;
value and limitations of the project method; physical, mental and social characteristics
of the child; teaching children how to think or how to study; standards for
judging instruction; the supervisor's part in changing and adapting curricula; methods
of conducting teachers' meetings and individual conferences; a study and selection
of good text books; the application of the democratic principle to relationships
of supervisors with school boards, superintendents, all administrative officers, and
with the class room teacher.

Education 28 (c). Problems in Secondary Education.—Both Terms.
11:30; P. H. 2. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Smithey.

Education B7 prerequisite-

An advanced course in Secondary Education for graduates. Corresponds to first
term of Education C4.

Education 29. Teaching of Junior High School Mathematics.—First
Term. 12:30; C. L. 29. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Werremeyer.

This course is designed for teachers of Mathematics in the Junior High School.
Topics considered: The place of Junior High School Mathematics; its aims and
values; Contest and Methods of Teaching: Modern Tendencies: Character of Mathematics
best suited for Junior High School grade.

Corresponds to one term of Education B10.

Education 30. The Junior High School—First Term. 11:30; P. H.
3. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Werremeyer.

This course is offered for those interested in the new type of school, and will include

a consideration of the following topics: The Social and Educational Forces
producing the Junior High School; its aims and functions; the Organization and
Administration; Existing Junior High Schools; their curricula, courses of study, and
other provisions for individual differences; the social life of the school; and the
theory and practice of teaching in the Junior High School.

Corresponds to one term of Education B7.

Education 31. Nature Study and Home Geography.—Both Terms.
8:30; M. L. 15. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education. Mr.
Hayes.

Nature Study. This course covers a period of three weeks, about 25 per cent
of the time will be given to field work. Topics: the Nature Study point of view;
what should be gained through this study; how should the study be carried on through
observation, by experimentation in the care of pets and plants, and in the school
garden; how to select topics; the correlation between nature study and literature
and art.

Home Geography. This course covers a period of three weeks, about 25 per
cent of the time will be given to field work. General problem: The home community
of the pupils. Topics: why people live in towns, etc.; the need for communication
between groups of people; the local industries; the relation of life to
(a) the surface features in the neighboring locality, (b) the drainage features, (c)
the weather, (d) the soils; method of approach through the children's experience
and observation.

Education 32. Child Literature and History Stories.—Both Terms.
9:30; P. H. 3. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education.
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 to children. Topics: origin and value of story telling; the origin of folk
tales, fairy tales and myths; the requisites of a good story teller; the preparation
of a story for telling; the adaptation of stories; selection and grading of stories and
poems.

Education 33. Elementary Education.—Section 1. Both Terms.
12:30; M. L. 15. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education.
Miss Meeks.

This course is designed to mt the needs of the primary teacher who has had
no work in Educational Theory or Psychology. It will serve as an introductory
course to the field of Education. It will include the following topics: Meaning
of Education; The School as an Agency of Education; an Introductory Study of
the Original Nature of the Child and of the Learning Process.

Education 33. Elementary Education.—Section II. First Term. 10:30;
M. L. 15. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education. Miss
Meek.

For primary teachers with teaching experience. Description of course same as
Education 32—Section 1.

Education 34. Elementary Education.—Section 1. Both Terms.
11:30; M. L. 15. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education.
Miss Meek.

This course is designed to meet the needs of the grammar grade teacher who has
had no work in Educational Theory or Psychology. It will serve as an introductory
course to the field of Education. It will include the following topics: Meaning of
Education; the School as an Agency of Education; An Introductory Study of the
Original Nature of the Child and of the Learning Process.

Education 34. Elementary Education.—Section II. First Term. 11:30;
P. H. 4. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education. Miss
Barrett.

For grammar grade teachers with teaching experience. Description of course
same as Education 33—Section 1.

Education 35. Methods in Geography.—Both Terms. 11:30; C. H.
102; Credit, one session-hour elective in Education. First Term;
Miss Rohr, Second Term. Mr. Hayes.

The project method of teaching geography. The course will include a study of
the general principles underlying the organization of the subject matter of Geography;
the correlation of Geography with history, literature, civics and industrial
arts; with special emphasis upon the project method in Geography.

Education 36. Methods in Reading for Primary Grades.—Both Terms.
First Term. 8:30; Second Term. 12:30; P. H. 5. Credit, one

session-hour elective in Education. First Term. Miss Grant;
Second Term. Miss Barrett.

This course is an elementary course in the problems of reading in primary grades.
It will also include a study of literature for these grades, since reading good literature
are correlative. The problems will include: how and what to teach: oral and
silent reading; how to study the reading lesson; the place of drill; an evaluation of
different systems now on the market; a bibliography of supplementary reading; possible
tests for evaluating reading achievement; some attention to good speech or
diction in oral expression; the wider use of phonetics in relation to speech defects.

Education 37. Methods in Reading for Elementary Grades.—Both
Terms. First Term. 9:30; Second Term. 9:30; P. H. 1. Credit,
one session-hour elective in Education. First Term. Miss
Grant; Second Term. Miss Meek.

This course will deal with the general problem of reading but with special emphasis
on the grades above the third grade. The basic laws of learning, of eye movements
and fixation pauses will be considered as fundamental to a study of particular
method. Other problems will be: oral and silent reading; the study lesson; good
expression; the material, including bibliographies for each grade. The study of
reading necessitates attention to literature for these grades. Reading for information
will be considered and with this comes the problem of using newspapers, magazines
and current events. Tests of measuring reading achievement will be discussed.

Education 38. Methods in Language and Spelling.—Both Terms.
10:30; P. H. 5. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education.
Miss Barrett.

The first five weeks are devoted to the study of language method and material.
The last week of the course is used in developing methods of teaching spelling.
Methods in language; topics: purposes; materials for language lessons; motivation
of language; course of study in language for primary grades; relative importance
of oral and written language for primary grades; the amount of formal language
expected of each grade. Methods in Spelling; topics: the relation of spelling to
other subjects; causes of incorrect spelling; methods of teaching spelling in primary
grades; selection of spelling material; study of standard tests.

Education 39. Arithmetic and Methods.—First Term. 8:30; C. H. 11.
Credit, one session-hour elective in Education. Mr. Krebs.

This course involves a review of the subject matter of arithmetic. Method is
taught in connection with each subject introduced. Topics: Courtis Standard
Tests, Form B, drills for securing accuracy and speed; common and decimal fractions,
four fundamental processes; short methods introduced. Study of other topics
in Smith's Modern Advanced Arithmetic, which is the text required.

Education 40. Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education for
Kindergarten and Primary Teachers.—First Term. 9:30 to 11:30;
Washington Hall. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education.
Miss McLester.

The aim of the Course is to find the basic principles of early education in the
Kindergarten and Pre-School years. The children's natural methods of learning are
considered. The course of study for the Kindergarten and Primary Grades is
planned, based on the needs and stages of development of the Kindergarten and Primary
Child. Observation in the Kindergarten and Primary Demonstration Classes
is required as a part of the Course.

Education 41. Constructive Handwork for Kindergarten and Primary
Grades.—First Term. 11:30 to 1:30; Washington Hall. Credit,
one session-hour elective in Education. Fee $1.50. Miss McLester.

A Course showing the relation of the Child's constructive activity to the Kindergarten
and Primary Course of study.

Practical work will be done with paper, crayola, textiles and in the use of which
will be shown the relation of fine and industrial arts in the primary grades. Problems
of other materials, food, clothing and shelter will be developed with simple
materials, to enrich the course of study and meet the child's play needs.

Education 42. Methods in Civics and History.—Both Terms. 3:30;
P. H. 2. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education. First
Term, Mr. Krebs. Second Term, Mr. Lear.

Topics: The relation of history and civics; how to arouse civic consciousness;
suggestive lessons in civics; how to select important topics in American history;
correlation of history with geography, with literature; the visual appeal in history;
dramatization as a method of teaching history; use of current history.

Education 43. Methods in Language and Spelling.—Both Terms.
9:30; M. L. 15. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education.
First Term. Miss Rohr. Second Term. Miss

Ten recitations will be given to spelling and twenty recitations to the study of
language methods for the upper grades. Spelling; topics: the relation of spelling
to other subjects; causes of incorrect spelling; methods of teaching spelling; selection
of spelling material; study of standard tests; practical work in class. Language;
topics: the material for language lessons; the relative importance of oral
and written language; how to motivate oral language; usage drills; the story as a
basis for oral and written composition; how to prepare outlines; how to produce a
written composition.

Education 44. Methods in Reading and Literature.—Both Terms.
10:30; P. H. 1. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education.
Miss Rohr.

Topics: Aims in reading in the grammar grades; types of material for use in
grammar grade reading; how to motivate oral reading and silent reading; how to
secure expression in oral reading, place of technical skill, importance of comprehension
of subject; problems in grammar grade reading, study of literature, teaching
general reading as a tool subject; guiding class in extentive reading, lists of
books for parallel reading, magazines for children's reading; measuring results in
grammar grade reading; critical study of books for these grades.

Education 45. The Teaching of Arithmetic.—Both Terms. 8:30;
P. H. 3. Credit, one session-hour elective in Education. First
Term. Mr. Werremeyer. Second Term. Miss

This course is designed for teachers of arithmetic in the first six grades. There
will be a consideration in detail of the best ways and means of meeting the various
problems as they arise from grade to grade. Besides the discussion of the work
of each grade such topics as the following will be considered:

Efficiency in arithmetic; the place of accuracy and checks; habit-formation; the
use of games; motivation; rationalization; problems of local color; methods of teaching;
lesson plans; measuring results; etc.

Education 46. Story Telling.—First Term. Hours to be arranged.
Credit, one session-hour in Education. Mrs. Albion.

Education —. Short Course in Administration for Superintendents.
—From June 26 to July 7.

A short intensive course for superintendents will be conducted, consisting of, at
least, thirty special lectures in addition to the regular work of the Summer Quarter.
A credit of one hour will be arranged for this work.

Specialists in several fields will be engaged. Dr. John H. Latane, Dean of Johns
Hopkins University, will deliver five lectures on International Relations; Dean
Richard Heath Dabney, of the University, will give three special lectures; Honorable
Hamilton Holt has been engaged for five lectures; Miss Mabel Carney, of
Teachers' College—Columbia University, will give five lectures on Rural Education;
Former State Superintendent J. H. Shawkey, of West Virginia, will give a
series of five lectures on Administration. Other specialists in the field of Administration
will be added.

This course will be open without any charge whatever to Virginia Superintendents
and a small fee of $5.00 will be charged for superintendents outside of the
State not regularly registered in the Summer Quarter.

Manual and Industrial Arts Education.

See Manual Arts, 88.

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.