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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
hygienic 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 13. School Administration.—Both Terms. 8:30; P. H.
4. Credit, one session-hour. First Term, Mr. Manahan. Second
Term, Mr. Smithey.

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. Corresponds to one term, Education
B5 regular session or for graduate students one term Education C2.

Education 14. Standard Tests in School Subjects.—Both Terms.
9:30; P. H. 4. Credit, one session-hour. First Term, Mr. Manahan.
Second Term, 12:15, Mr. Ferguson.

For teachers and supervisory officers interested in the scientific measurement of
educational products. Corresponds to one term of Education C3.

Education 15. Methods, Management, Observation (Third Year Elementary
Professional Course Primary and Grammar Grades).
—Both Terms. 2:30; P. H. 3. Credit, one session-hour. Mr.
Ferguson.

Equivalent to one term 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 relationship.
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. 9:30; P. H.
5. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Ferguson.

Corresponds to one term of Education B2 in the regular session. The psychology
of learning—instinct, habit, memory, thinking, attention and interest in
their educational aspects.

Education 17. General Methods of Teaching and Studying.—First
Term. 2:30; P. H. 3. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Ferguson.

Corresponds to one term of Education B2 in the regular session. The principles
of drill, inductive and deductive teaching, questioning, reviews, examinations and
study. See Education 15.

Education 18. Intelligence Tests and Their Applications.—Both
Terms. 10:30; P. H. 2. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Ferguson.

Corresponds to one term of Education B6 or C1. A practical course in the use

of the Binet test and some of the group intelligence scales; individual differences
in intelligence and their significance; backward and gifted children and the special
class.

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

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 B4, regular term. Text-Book.—"Public Education
in the United States"—Cubberley.

Education 20. High School Administration.—Both Terms. 12:15;
P. H. 1. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Smithey.

Corresponds to one term of Education B7 or C4.

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)
directed 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. Content and Method in the Modern Secondary
School.—Both Terms. 8:30; P. H. 1. Credit, one session-hour.
First Term, Mr. Clerk. 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. Text-Book.—"Principles of Secondary Education"—
Inglis.

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

Education 22. The School as a Social Institution.—First Term.
9:30; P. H. 2. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Smithey.

Corresponds to one term of Education B3 in the regular session. This course
will include the following topics: the evolution of the school as a social institution;
the social ideals of the school; social conditions which control the school; the
reaction of the school upon society; the school as a protective agency; the school
as a selective agency; the school as a guiding institution; the school as an instrument
of control; the school as a social center; organization as a social problem;
the course of study; the teacher as a social provost and a social factor.

Education 23. Statistical Methods as Applied to Education.—First
Term. 10:30; P. H. 4. Credit, one session-hour. Mr. Smithey.

Corresponds to one term of Education C4. 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.

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

Credit allowed for one term of Education B1.

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.—10:30; C. L. 29. Credit,
one session-hour. Miss Stubbs.

Credit allowed for one term of Education B1.

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.

Education 26. Rural Sociology.—4:30; P. H. 4. Credit, one session-hour.
Miss Stubbs.

Credit allowed for one term of Education B3.

Scope and importance; principle economic and social conditions in rural life today;
present day tendencies; leading agencies and institutions for agricultural and
rural social betterment; rural surveys; national legislation—Smith—Hughs, Rural
Credit, Bills, etc.

Text: Gillette's Constructive Rural Sociology.

References: Vogt's Introduction to Rural Sociology; Galpin's Rural Life; Current
articles on rural social problems.

Text: Gillette's Constructive Rural Sociology. Pub.—Sturgis and Walton Company.
Vogt's Introduction to Rural Sociology. Pub.—Appleton. Galpin's Rural
Life. Pub.—Century.

Note.—Courses 13, 14, 18, 20, 22, and 23 may carry M.A. credit for properly
qualified students who do certain additional work of strictly graduate grade.

Education 110. Nature Study and Home Geography. Third Year
Primary Summer School Professional Course.—Both Terms.
8:30; C. L. 29. Credit, 2 hours. Miss Gowans.

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 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 111. Child Literature and History Stories. Third Year
Primary Grades.—Both Terms. 12:15; P. H. 3. 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 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 129a. Elementary Education. First Year Primary Summer
School Professional Course.—Both Terms. 12:15; P. H. 5.
Credit, 2 hours. Miss Summy.

Education 129b. Elementary Education. First Year Grammar
Grade Summer School Professional Course.—Both Terms.
10:30; P. H. 5. Credit, 2 hours. Miss Summy.

Elementary Education. The first twenty-five days of the course will be based
upon La Rue's "The Science and Art of Teaching." Topics: nature of teaching;
method as determined by the nature of child; method as related to the teacher;
teaching as conditioned by subject-matter; the administrative organization of
schools; specific school problems, the first day, the daily program, children's textbooks,
attendance, grading, children's monthly reports, promotion; how to get acquainted
with school laws and regulations; how to get needed repairs and equipment;
how to get a school library; monthly and term reports to superintendents;
duties of a teacher to children, to community, to fellow teachers, to superior officers,
to profession.

Education 130. Methods in Geography. Second Year Grammar
Grades.—Both Terms. 8:30; M. L. 1. Credit, 2 hours. Miss
Kelly.

Topics: Scope and aims of geography; correlation of geography with history,
literature, civics and industrial arts; home geography, its importance and method;
preparation of lesson; project method in geography; conduct of recitation and supervised
study, assignments, use of text, use of library, current literature, use of
maps and charts; field and laboratory work; visual instruction; how to judge a
text-book; how and where to obtain supplementary material.

Education 132. Methods in Reading 1. First Year Primary Summer
School Professional Course.—Both Terms. 8:30; P. H. 5.
Credit, 2 hours. First Term, Miss Withers. Second Term, to
be supplied.

General topic for term, the introduction of the child to reading. Topics: meaning
of reading; elements in reading; problems in beginning reading, the best approach,
units of reading, material, (a) children's poems, (b) stories, (c) nature,
(d) plays and games, (e) school activities; mechanical elements, essentials in phonic
study, drill; devices; relation between oral and silent reading in first grade; critical
study of primers and first readers including those which are on the State list.

Education 133. Methods in Reading II. Second Year Primary Summer
School Professional Course.—Both Terms. 9:30; P. H. 1.
Credit, 2 hours. Miss Meek.

General topic for term, the relation of reading to educational progress. Topics:
the reading habit; silent reading, its relation to study—teaching how to study;
oral reading, danger from over emphasis, speech difficulties; how to conduct different
types of reading lessons; tests in reading; how to correct mechanical difficulties;
how to increase power in extracting thought; materials for reading; supplementary
reading; grade libraries, how to secure them, selection of books for
each grade, how to use the library.

Education 134. Methods in Language and Spelling. Second Year
Primary Summer School Professional Course.—Both Terms.
10:30; P. H. 3. Credit, 2 hours. 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 135. Hygiene and Sanitation. Second Year Primary and
First Year Grammar Summer School Professional Course.—
Both Terms. Credit, 2 hours. See Education 12. Mr. Johnson.

Hygiene of the school will receive major emphasis.

Education 137. Arithmetic and Methods. First Year Grammar
Grade Summer School Professional Course.—Both Terms. 8:30;
C. H. 5. Credit, 2 hours. 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 138. Methods in Arithmetic. Second Year Primary Summer
School Professional Course.—Both Terms. 8:30; P. H. 3.
Credit, 2 hours. Miss Barrett.

Topics: the aims for teaching arithmetic; the course of study for the primary
grades; methods of teaching, (a) numbers, counting, reading, writing, (b) the four
fundamental processes; when and how to use objects in teaching; habit formation
in arithmetic, drills; problems, types; measurements, money, time, space; the motivation
of arithmetic. Observation of lessons in arithmetic.

Education 140. Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education for
Kindergarten and Primary Teachers.—First Term. 9:30 to
11:30; Washington Hall. Credit, 2 hours. 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 141. Constructive Handwork for Kindergarten and Primary
Grades.—First Term. 12:15; Washington Hall. 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 142. Methods in Civics and History. Second Year Grammar
Grades.—Both Terms. 3:30; P. H. 2. Credit, 2 hours. Mr.
Krebs.

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 143. Methods in Language and Spelling. First Year
Grammar Grade Summer School Professional Course.—Both
Terms. 9:30; P. H. 3. Credit, 2 hours. First Term, Miss Withers.
Second Term, to be supplied.

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 144. Methods in Reading and Literature. Third Year
Grammar Grades.—Both Terms. 10:30; P. H. 1. Credit, 2 hours.
Miss Meek.

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; guilding class in extensive 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 331. Medical Inspection and First Aid.

This course of five lectures 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. It is required of all persons desiring Virginia
certificates.

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.