 | The University of Virginia record April 15, 1922 |  |
For Undergraduates.
Education B1: History of Education.—(A course for both college and
professional students.) First term: Ancient and mediaeval periods. Second
term: Modern period. Third term: Education in the United States.
—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 10-11. P. H., 8. Professor
Ferguson.
Education B2: Educational Psychology.—First term: The learning
process. Second term: General methods of teaching and study. Third
term: Psychological factors in school management.—(B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 11-12. P. H., 8. Professor Ferguson.
Education B3: Educational Sociology.—First term: Principles of sociology.
Second term: Poverty and Dependency. Third term: Educational
Sociology.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S., 9-10. 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.,
9-10. P. H., 4. Professor Manahan.
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.) T. Th. S., 10-11. 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.) Professor
Smithey. (Omitted in 1922-1923.)
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
The curriculum of the elementary school and its reorganization.—(B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S., 12-1. P. H., 7. 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 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. Assistant Professor McLemore.
(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.
As demand develops for courses in the teaching of other academic subjects,
such courses will be organized.
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 B12: Physical Education and Health Examination of School
Children.—Course prescribed by the State Board of Education and State
Board of Health for all students desiring certificates to teach in secondary
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.
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