 | The University of Virginia record March 15, 1931 |  |
THE CURRY MEMORIAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN, Ph.B., D.C.L., LL.D.
President of the University
JOHN LLOYD NEWCOMB, B.A., C.E.
Assistant to the President of the University
JAMES MORRIS PAGE, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D.
Dean of the University
JOHN LEVI MANAHAN, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Dean of the Department of Education
GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER, B.S., M.A.
Director of University Extension
ELMER IRVING CARRUTHERS
Bursar
VIRGINIA EMMA MORAN, B.A., M.A.
Registrar
MARY JEFFCOTT HAMBLIN, B.A.
Acting Dean of Women
HARRY CLEMONS, M.A.
University Librarian
FRANCES BRUFFEY
Librarian Heck Memorial Library
MARY MITCHELL
Secretary to the Dean
EDGAR STUART KIRACOFE, B.A., M.A.
Secretary to the Bureau of Appointments
OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION
EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN, Ph.B., D.C.L., LL.D.
President of the University
JOHN LEVI MANAHAN, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Dean of the Department of Education
| CHARLES GILMORE MAPHIS, Ped.D., LL.D. | Professor of Education |
| JOHN LEVI MANAHAN, B.S., M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Educational Administration |
| GEORGE OSCAR FERGUSON, Jr., M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Psychology and Education |
| WILLIAM ROYALL SMITHEY, M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Secondary Education |
| LOUISE OATES, B.S., M.A. | Sadie Heath Cabaniss Memorial Professor of Nursing Education |
| GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER, B.S., M.A. | Associate Professor of Education and Director of Extension |
| EUSTACE EVANS WINDES, B.S., M.A. | Associate Professor of Secondary Education |
| FRANK ARTHUR GELDARD, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Psychology |
| HENRY GRADY ACKER, B.S., M.S. | Assistant Professor of School Supervision, and Elementary School Supervisor |
| ALBERT LUTHER BENNETT, B.A., M.A., M.S. | Assistant Professor of School Administration |
| [1] ARTHUR MERRITT JARMAN, B.S.Ed., M.S. | Assistant Professor of Education |
| ADELAIDE ADELIA MAYO, B.A., M.A. | Assistant Professor of Nursing Education |
| AMELIA McLESTER, B.A., M.A. | Assistant Professor of School Supervision, and Elementary School Supervisor |
| EDWARD ALVEY, Jr., B.A., M.A. | Instructor in the Teaching of English in Secondary Schools |
| EARL BENTON BROADWATER, B.A., M.A. | Instructor in Secondary Education, and Principal of Meriwether Lewis High School |
| RUFUS CLAUDE GRAHAM, B.A., M.A. | Instructor in Secondary Education, and Principal of Greenwood High School |
| CLARENCE WILLIAM MILLER, B.A. | Instructor in Secondary Education, and Principal of Crozet High School |
| OSCAR GARTH FITZHUGH, B.S.Ed., M.S. | Instructor in the Teaching of Natural Science in Secondary Schools |
| CALVIN HALL PHIPPINS, B.A., M.A. | Instructor in Secondary Education |
| ROBERT EARL SWINDLER, B.S., B.A., M.A. | Instructor in the Teaching of Social Science in Secondary Schools |
| ROBERT CORNELIUS WINGFIELD, Ph.B. | Instructor in the Teaching of Mathematics in Secondary Schools |
| EDGAR STUART KIRACOFE, B.A., M.A. | Instructor in School Administration |
| MOLLIE B. WHITLOCK, Normal Diploma, University of Virginia Summer Quarter |
Teacher in Liberty Experimental Rural School |
HISTORY
The Curry Memorial School of Education was founded in 1905 as one
of the academic schools of the University. It was endowed by gifts of $100,000
from John D. Rockefeller and $50,000 from the General Education Board,
and was named in honor of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the Southern educator.
There were originally two professionships in the School, the Curry Memorial
Professorship of Education and the Professorship of Secondary Education.
In 1914 a chair of Educational Psychology and Principles of Teaching was
added to the School, and two years later a Professorship of School Administration
was established.
In 1919 the School was organized into a Department of the University,
with four professorships, and was placed upon a professional basis similar
to that of the Departments of Law, Medicine and Engineering. The relation
of the Department of Education to the various academic schools of the
University remains close, however, since the academic training of students
of Education is obtained in the academic schools, and courses in Education
are credited toward the academic degrees.
In the spring of 1928 plans were matured to provide more adequate
facilities for observation, practice teaching, and experimental studies. The
school authorities of the City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle
joined with the University of Virginia in establishing a program of experimental
education and teacher-training. After the preliminary program
of organization had been approved, the General Education Board of New
York City granted to the University a subsidy of $20,000 a year for a period
of two years to forward the program and make possible its operation for the
session of 1928-29. The Rector and Visitors of the University made a supplementary
appropriation of $5,000 annually for a period of two years, thereby
giving the Department additional funds amounting to $50,000 for the biennium,
1928-1930.
PURPOSE
The rapid development of educational science and practice has made it
necessary that ample provision be made for the professional training of those
Education, therefore, aims to provide the following:
1. An opportunity for the study of Education as an important function
of society.
2. To give the necessary technical training for teaching and administration
to:
a. University students, with or without experience, who intend to
teach;b. Secondary school principals;
c. Normal school teachers and administrators;
d. College teachers of Education;
e. School superintendents, supervisors, and other executives of schools
of all grades in cities, counties, and states.
3. To develop scientific methods of testing school work and to furnish
demonstrations of the way in which these methods may best be applied, thus
developing a spirit of observation and experimentation tending to increase our
knowledge of the science and art of education.
4. To become a center of educational influence to which teachers of all
grades and kinds may come for information and educational guidance.
5. To furnish to the general public information on any phase of school
organization, administration, and supervision, thus helping to create a clearer
general understanding about Education and the State.
PEABODY HALL
Peabody Hall, the Education Building, was named in honor of George
Peabody, who in 1867 made his great gift to the cause of education in the
South. The building was made possible through a gift of $40,000 from the
trustees of the Peabody Education Fund. This amount was supplemented
by an appropriation of $12,000 from the Rector and Visitors of the University.
The building was completed in 1912, and is the home of the Curry Memorial
Department of Education.
The plans were drawn by a modern school architect, and approved by
some of the leading authorities on school architecture in this country. It is,
therefore, a model of excellence in this regard. It is one of the best equipped
buildings in the University, and has ample classroom and laboratory
facilities, and an excellent auditorium equipped with a modern motion picture
machine. Modern requirements in heating, lighting and ventilation are
exemplified in its construction without sacrificing conformity to the general
style of classic architecture prevailing in the University.
Adequate provision is made for a Departmental library, seminar rooms,
classrooms, psychological laboratory, and offices for the administrative officers
and teaching staff of the Department.
THE HECK MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The Department of Education maintains its own library in Peabody Hall,
named in honor of the first professor of Education in the University, the late
gift by Mrs. Anna Tuttle Heck of Professor Heck's private library containing
approximately 2,000 well-selected books on Education, and the transfer of
all books on Education from the General Library of the University. Splendid
equipment was procured through a gift of money from students in Education,
the Education Club and friends of Professor Heck. A gift of $3,000 from
Mr. Alfred W. Erickson of New York City has enabled the Department so
to strengthen its professional library as to offer very superior facilities to its
rapidly growing student body, by making possible the enrichment of every
course now offered. At present the library consists of several thousand select
books covering most fields of Education, a complete file of publications of the
United States Bureau of Education, various national, state and foreign documents,
state school laws, annual reports of state superintendents of public
instruction, city superintendents' reports, etc. Files of the leading educational
magazines are available for free use of the students. Exhibits of elementary
and high school texts for comparative studies are made available through the
generosity of various publishers.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Virginia State Teachers' Scholarships in the Department of Education:
thirty scholarships annually, twenty each with a value of $200, and ten
each with a value of $100, were established in 1918 by action of the General Assembly
of Virginia. The holder must be a Virginian in need of financial assistance
in order to attend the University; and he must pledge himself to
teach or engage in some other form of public school work in Virginia for
at least two years, or, failing this, to repay to the University the full value
of the scholarship. Blank forms of application may be had upon request to
Dean John L. Manahan, Chairman of the Committee on State Teachers'
Scholarships. Appointments prior to September 1 of each year are made
upon the recommendation of division superintendents. Any scholarships unassigned
on September 1 are open to applicants from the State at large.
In addition to the Virginia State Teachers' Scholarships, there are a number
of other scholarships in the University available for students of Education.
A detailed description of them is given in the General Catalogue of
the University.
LOAN FUNDS AND STUDENT SELF-HELP
The University is in possession of funds from which loans are made to
deserving students in need of such assistance. An account of these loans
is given in the General Catalogue. Inquiries concerning them should be
addressed to the Bursar.
Opportunities for obtaining remunerative employment are afforded to
students who are desirous by this means of partially paying their way through
the University. It is difficult to give definite assurance of employment to a
student before he reaches the University, but it may be stated that any student
with sufficient resources to carry him through the first half of the session
can be reasonably sure of obtaining work which will help defray his
may be obtained by addressing the Director, Box 1487, University, Virginia.
SECONDARY EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA
The Department of Education publishes under the editorship of Dr. W.
R. Smithey, Professor of Secondary Education, a high school quarterly called
Secondary Education in Virginia, devoted to the encouragement of research
in Virginia secondary school problems for both public and private schools
and to the reporting of research through its columns. This publication is
the official organ of the Department of Education, and addressed primarily
to the solution of problems of secondary education in Virginia and its columns
are open to all workers in this field. It aims to encourage educational research
in secondary education.
THE DEAN'S LIST
A student who passes on not less than 15 session-hours during a
session with an average of at least 85 per cent., and with no session grade
less than 75 per cent., will be placed on the Dean's List, and will remain
on the List as long as he receives an average of at least 85 per
cent., on at least 15 session-hours per term and receives no term grade less
than 75 per cent. in any course. Any student on the Dean's List failing to
maintain this standard of excellence will be automatically dropped from the
List. A student once dropped from the List can again make the Dean's
List by meeting the above standard for entire session. A student on the
Dean's List is not subject to the regulations limiting the issuance of leaves
of absence from the University, nor does absence from any class entail on
such student any penalty, affecting class standing, imposed for absence alone.
EXPENSES
The necessary expenses of a Virginia student in the Department of
Education may be estimated at from $425 a year upward, according to the
mode of living; for students from other states, $600 and upward. A fuller
statement of expenses will be found on page 157.
COOPERATIVE PROGRAM BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD
OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Facilities for observation and directed teaching and for practical educational
research are made available through the coöperation with the University
of the school systems of the City of Charlottesville and the County of
Albemarle.
The Coöperative Teacher-Training Program entered into between the
School Board of the City of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia
provides for the employment of critic teachers in the following subjects:
English, Latin, Mathematics, Natural Science and Social Science.
The agreement as adopted includes the following regulations:
1. The critic teachers shall be chosen by the University with the approval
of the superintendent of schools, it being recognized that no person
may be elected by the School Board without the recommendation of the
superintendent of schools.
2. The duties of the critic teachers shall be as follows:
A. To teach two regular classes in the high school such as shall be
agreed upon by the critic teacher, the principal of the high school and the
superintendent of schools.
B. To serve as critic teacher for the direction of the teaching of such
student teachers as are assigned to him.
C. To perform such routine duties in connection with the classes taught
as would fall to the lot of any high school teacher in a city school system in
Virginia.
D. To conduct such experimental studies as the wisdom of the critic
teacher, the principal of the high school and the superintendent of schools
may deem advisable for the improvement of the school. Proposals for all
such experimental studies shall originate with the Department of Education
in the University of Virginia.
3. The salaries of the critic teachers shall be paid as follows:
A. The City School Board shall pay the pro rata amount for the two
regular classes taught that would be paid to any high school teacher for
doing the same work according to the fixed salary schedule in effect from
time to time.
B. The remainder of the salary shall be paid by the University.
4. The critic teacher may teach a special methods course in the subject-matter
field of his assignment, this work to be done at the University.
COOPERATIVE PROGRAM BETWEEN THE ALBEMARLE
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA
The Coöperative Program entered into between the School Board of
the County of Albemarle and the University of Virginia provides facilities
for observation and practice in the high schools of the County for the training
of high school teachers and principals under a director of high school
supervision; and laboratory training for rural supervisors in the elementary
schools of the County under two assistant professors of rural supervision.
Provision is also made for the training of division superintendents of schools
under the direction of Superintendent A. L. Bennett.
CRITIC TEACHERS AND DEPARTMENTAL SUPERVISORS
The duties of the critic teachers and departmental supervisors in the
County high schools are as follows:
1. To act as general departmental supervisor in the subject-matter field
of his assignment.
2. To teach two regular classes in the high school of which he is a member
of the teaching staff, such as shall be assigned by the Director of Supervision
acting in agreement with the principal of the high school and division
superintendent of schools.
3. To serve as critic teacher for the direction of the teaching of such
student teachers as are assigned to him by the Director of Supervision.
4. To teach a special methods course in the subject-matter field of his
assignment.
5. To conduct such studies of instructional problems as are approved
by the Director of Supervision as being in the interest of the improvement
of instruction in his subject.
6. To coöperate in directing the studies of such graduate students as are
assigned to him by the Director of Supervision, acting in agreement with
the Professor of Secondary Education.
7. To recommend to the principal pupil-assignment to studies in his
departmental field.
DUTIES OF THE RURAL SUPERVISORS
The coöperative program between the University and the County of
Albemarle made possible the employment of two superior rural supervisors,
bringing the supervisory staff for elementary schools to five. These two
supervisors, in addition to supervising all elementary schools in the districts
assigned to them, direct the training of rural supervisors.
In order that there may be adequate opportunity for experimentation in
one-room schools two schools within easy reach of the University have been
chosen for special study and demonstration by the rural supervisors. It is
hoped that the record of achievement in these two schools may serve as an
example and stimulus, not only to the schools of the county, but of a much
wider area.
TRAINING OF ELEMENTARY SUPERVISORS
Students preparing for elementary school supervision must have (1) previous
training equivalent to that required for the Virginia Normal Professional
Certificate, and (2) at least two years of successful teaching experience
in elementary schools attested by letters of recommendation from division
superintendents of schools under whom the teaching was done.
It is a general requirement in connection with Education B4 that students
shall be present for the opening of the schools in Albemarle County for
the purpose of studying the problems of school organization. The schools
usually open during the first week in September.
COLLEGIATE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE
Recipients of the Bachelor of Science in Education will receive the Collegiate
Professional Certificate, the highest form of certificate for high school
teachers issued by the State Board of Education. This certificate is valid for
both high and elementary schools in Virginia.
Holders of Collegiate Certificates, the certificates of second rank issued
by the State Board of Education, may obtain the Collegiate Professional
Certificate by attending the University one session and taking four 3 session-hour
courses in Education.
Curricula organized to meet the requirements for the degree of Bachelor
of Science in Education fulfill both academic and professional requirements
for the highest grade of professional high school certificates issued without
examination by the various state departments of Education to holders of
baccalaureate degrees. The graduate courses in Education are recognized
in states requiring graduate study for professional certificates.
TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES
A resolution of the State Board of Education provides that on and after
September 1, 1929, the minimum qualifications for those persons beginning
to teach in an accredited high school shall be a baccalaureate degree from a
standard four-year college.
In accordance with the above regulations it will not be necessary after
September 1, 1929, to issue to incoming teachers the Special or Junior College
Certificate. The new requirement for high school teachers will not be
retroactive.
THE SUMMER QUARTER
The Summer Quarter is an integral part of the University year. Courses
in the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as in the Department of Education,
are the same in character and in credit value as in any other Quarter
of the University. Degrees are conferred upon men and women upon exactly
the same terms for work done in the Summer Quarter when the degree
requirements are fully met. Those who contemplate completing their degree
requirements in the Summer Quarter should keep clearly in mind, in estimating
the time that will be required, that the normal amount of credit which
may be taken in one Summer Quarter is 6 session-hours.
Candidates for a degree who desire credit for work done at other colleges
must satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students and must, in addition,
file with the Dean of the Summer Quarter a certificate covering the
courses for which college credit is desired. This certificate must be acceptable
both to the Dean of the Summer Quarter and to the Dean of the department
in which the degree will be obtained. The certificate must bear the official
signature of the head of the candidate's college and must specify the character
and content of the courses passed by the candidate and must give his
grades. In every case the candidate must spend at least three full Summer
Quarters or an equivalent time at the University in order to meet the
residence requirements.
The Master's degree may be obtained by properly qualified persons in
three Summer Quarters. In no case is this degree to be conferred upon any
person who has not attended and done graduate work three full Summer
the Summer Quarter.
On account of the increasing demand for graduate work in the Summer
Quarter, the number of graduate courses will be enlarged in 1931.
All persons who are looking forward ultimately to taking a degree through
summer work are urgently requested to file with the Dean of the Summer
Quarter an official statement of their entrance requirements and work for
which college credit is desired. Blanks for this purpose will be mailed upon
application.
First Term begins June 22nd and ends August 1st. Second Term begins
August 3rd and ends September 4th.
In order to provide for the increasing number of students who complete
the requirements for their degrees during the Summer Quarter, a convocation
exercise will be held Friday evening, September 4th, at 8 o'clock, when the
degrees will be conferred.
Catalogue and further information may be obtained by addressing Secretary
Summer Quarter, Box 1337, University, Virginia.
BUREAU OF TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS
Educational Tests.—The Department of Education maintains a Bureau
of Tests and Measurements as a feature of its extra-University service.
Select standard tests in school subjects will be supplied to cities, counties and
individual schools at cost. Members of the Faculty of Education will visit
the schools to be tested, train teachers in the use of the tests and personally
direct the giving and scoring of them, provided the necessary traveling expenses
are borne by the schools served.
Mental Tests.—In connection with its work in educational psychology,
the Department undertakes to assist school authorities in the diagnosis and
training of backward and gifted children. Assistance will be rendered in
the making of mental surveys and the establishment of special classes. A
clinic will be maintained for the study of cases accessible to the University
and the services of the professor in charge will be available to any community
in Virginia at the cost of the necessary test materials and traveling
expenses.
Any school official desiring the services of the Bureau of Tests and
Measurements should address the Dean of the Department of Education.
BUREAU OF APPOINTMENTS
The University of Virginia maintains a Bureau of Appointments in
charge of a committee consisting of Professors Manahan, Windes, Smithey,
Metcalf and Lewis. The services of the bureau are free to all teachers and
prospective teachers seeking positions in secondary schools (both public and
private), normal schools, and colleges. Correspondence with regard to
appointment should be addressed to the Bureau of Appointments, E. S. Kiracofe,
Secretary, Room D, Peabody Hall, University, Virginia.
PHI DELTA KAPPA FRATERNITY
A chapter of the national honorary educational fraternity of Phi Delta
Kappa has been organized in connection with the Department of Education.
Under the constitution of the fraternity, only those students are eligible to
membership who expect to make teaching or administration of schools a
permanent vocation, and who give evidence of superior qualities of character,
scholarship and initiative. The standards of scholarship governing election
to membership in the fraternity are similar to those prescribed for election
to Phi Beta Kappa.
The purpose of the fraternity as stated in its constitution is "to develop
among the students of Education at the University of Virginia the spirit of
`Research, Service and Leadership,"' and to endeavor by every worthy means
at its command to create and foster fellowship and true fraternalism among
the members of the society.
EDUCATION CLUB
An Education Club is conducted for the purpose of fostering a scientific
study of educational problems. Membership is open to all students taking
courses in Education, teachers, principals and superintendents now in service,
and members of the faculty of the University who are willing to lend their
influence and efforts toward placing the teaching profession in Virginia
and the South on a professional basis.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
General Requirements:
(1) For admission to the Department of Education a candidate must
meet the general requirements for admission to the University and also the
specific requirements as to number and selection of high school units required
for admission to the College of Arts and Sciences.
(2) Regular Students: For admission as a regular student in the Department
of Education a candidate, in addition to meeting the above general
requirements, must satisfy one of the following:
(a) File with the Dean of the Department a transcript of record from
a standard college showing the completion of at least 30 session-hours of acceptable
credit which should include the following:
| Foreign Language | 6 session-hours |
| Mathematics | 3 session-hours |
| Natural Science | 6 session-hours |
| History and Sociology | 6 session-hours |
| English | 6 session-hours |
| Psychology | 3 session-hours |
(b) Present an official transcript of record showing the satisfactory
completion of the program of study leading to the normal diploma from a
standard teacher-training institution.
(3) Special Students: (a) Graduates of colleges and universities other
than the University of Virginia, desiring to secure the necessary professional
training to qualify for the Collegiate Professional Certificate, may register in
the Department of Education and upon completion of the required professional
courses receive a certificate which will entitle them to the Collegiate
Professional Certificate issued by the State Department of Education.
(b) Men may be admitted as special students without fulfilling the entrance
requirements above specified, provided that, if they are Virginians,
they are more than twenty years old or, if they are not Virginians, they are
more than twenty-three years old on the day of registration, and give adequate
evidence of serious purpose and of the training needed to pursue with
profit the courses for which they are registered. No special student may be
a candidate for a degree; but such students are permitted and encouraged
to make up deficiencies by private study or by taking courses in the Summer
Quarter. They will then be admitted as regular students, and may be
accepted as applicants for degrees, provided all entrance requirements are
met at least one academic year before the date of graduation.
An applicant who has regularly attended a secondary school until he is
twenty years of age without, because of failure, obtaining credit for 15 acceptable
entrance units, will not be accepted as a special student.
(c) Women, twenty-five years of age, giving satisfactory evidence that
they are qualified to pursue courses in Education successfully, may be admitted
as special students, even though they fail to show credit for the 30
session-hours of academic work required of women for admission to regular
standing.
Graduation Requirements:
Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Education.—Candidates for the
degree of Bachelor of Science in Education shall offer in addition to the
credits presented for admission sufficient credits to bring the total to 60 session-hours.
The subjects offered toward graduation are to be so chosen as to make
the full degree program consist of the following:
| Foreign language | 6 session-hours (in one language) |
| Mathematics | 3 session-hours |
| Natural Science | 6 session-hours |
| Social Science | 6 session-hours |
| English | 6 session-hours |
| Psychology | 3 session-hours |
| Education (including School Hygiene and Sanitation) |
12 session-hours |
| Electives | 18 session-hours |
| Total | 60 session-hours |
Sequence of Required Courses in Education.
(a) Teachers in Secondary Schools:
Students preparing to teach in secondary schools are required to complete
the following courses:
Education B2—Educational Psychology
Education B7—Secondary Education
Education B11 (a)—Special Methods in High School Subjects
Education B11 (b)—Directed Teaching
Education B12—School Hygiene and Sanitation
The student must complete Education B2, Education B7, and Education
B11 (a) before being admitted to Education B11 (b), "Directed Teaching."
(b) Rural Supervisors:
Students preparing for Rural Supervision must complete the following:
Education B2—Educational Psychology
Education B3—Elementary School Supervision
Education B4—Directed Supervision
The student will be required to complete Education B2, and Education
B3 before being admitted to Education B4.
Elective Subjects: The elective subjects shall be chosen, subject to the
approval of the Dean, so as to provide the best preparation for recognized
teaching combinations in the secondary schools.
GRADUATE WORK IN EDUCATION
Graduate work in Education leading to the degrees of Master of Arts,
Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy may be pursued in the Department
of Graduate Studies. Graduate students who choose Education as
their major for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy must meet the entrance
requirements of the Department of Graduate Studies, and, in addition, must
pass, at least two terms prior to receiving the degree, preliminary written
examinations in each of the following fields: History of Education, Educational
Psychology, Educational Administration, Secondary Education, and
Educational Sociology. The candidate must also pass a final oral examination
upon his dissertation and the general fields of his major and minor
subjects.
The Department of Education offers the following graduate courses:
Education C1, Advanced Educational Psychology; Education C2, Problems
in School Administration; Education C3, Problems in Elementary School
Supervision; Education C4, Problems in High School Administration; Education
C5, Problems in High School Supervision; Education C6, Mental
Measurement; Education D1, Seminar in Educational Psychology; Education
D2, Seminar in School Administration; and Education D3, Seminar in
Secondary Education.
DESCRIPTION OF COURSES
For Undergraduates
Education B1: History of Education: An historical study of the more
important educational systems. First term: Education prior to the Christian
Era with special attention to Greek and Roman Education. Second term:
Third term: Education in modern times with special emphasis on
the History of Education in the United States. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 to 11:30; P. H. 4.
Associate Professor Zehmer.
Education B2: Educational Psychology: Psychology B1 prerequisite.—
Mental ability and its development. Quantitative aspects of the subject will
be stressed, and the classroom work will be supplemented by practice in
mental measurement and experiments in learning. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3
session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 to 11:30; P. H. B.
Professor Ferguson.
Education B3: Elementary School Supervision:
First term: Functions, principles and general methods of supervision. A
survey of the general literature of supervision. (Two-thirds of the term.)
A study of the new school, emphasizing the place of the teacher in learning
situations. Discussions, readings, and reports. (One-third of the term.)
Second term: The supervision of language and reading. Observations and
discussions. A study of recent developments in methods and materials, tests, and
courses of study. This course is alternated with the second term's work of Education
B4. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
Third term: A continuation of the work of the second term with the addition
of the supervision of spelling. This course is alternated with the third term's
work of Education B4. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
Assistant Professors Acker and McLester.
Education B4: Directed Supervision: Education B2 and B3 prerequisite.—
First term: Practice supervision. Seniors are required to be present at the
opening of Albemarle County Public Schools for the purpose of beginning practice
supervision.
Second term: The supervision of arithmetic. Observations and discussions.
A study of recent developments in methods and materials, tests, and courses of
study. This course is alternated with the second term's work of Education B3.
Third term: Supervision of the social studies, including character education
and citizenship training. Observations and discussions. A study of recent developments
in methods and materials, tests, and courses of study. This course is
alternated with the third term's work of Education B4.
Assistant Professors Acker and McLester.
Education B5: Educational Administration and Supervision: Second
term: City school systems. Third term: County school organization and administration.
A special study will be made in connection with each term of Virginia
State School Laws and Regulations of the State Board of Education. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 2 session-hours.) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11:30 to 12:30;
P. H., 4.
Professor Manahan and Assistant Professor Bennett.
Education B7: Modern Secondary Education: First term: History and
principles of modern secondary education. High school management. Second
term: The program of studies of modern secondary schools with special reference
to the principal types of high schools in Virginia. Third term: Modern
methods of high school instruction and classroom management. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:30 to 12:30; P. H. 2.
Professor Smithey and Mr. Phippins.
Education B8: High School Supervision: First term: Statistical
methods applied to education. Measurements in education. Second term: Extracurricular
activities. Third term: High school supervision. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 to 11:30; P. H. 2.
Professor Smithey and Mr. Phippins.
Education B11: (a) Special Methods in High School Subjects: Education
B7 is a prerequisite to each of the following divisions.—Each third-year student
who is a candidate for a degree in Education must take a special methods
course in the field of his academic major. Selection may be made from the following
courses in meeting the requirements of Education B11 (a). (Credit, 1
session-hour for each course.) Hours to be arranged.
(1) The Teaching of English in Secondary Schools: Credit for 6 session-hours
of college English as a minimum and Education B7, prerequisite.—A detailed
consideration of the aims and trends in the teaching of English; the principles underlying
the selection of types of classroom procedure in English instruction. The
course includes an examination of recent texts, tests, and instructional materials;
the construction of units and projects in English; and a discussion
of the principles of curriculum construction in English. Special consideration
will be given to problems of special method in the teaching of literature, silent
reading, oral and written composition, and language usage. (Credit, 1 session-hour.)
Mr. Alvey.
(2) The Teaching of Mathematics in Secondary Schools: Credit for 6
session-hours of college mathematics as a minimum and Education B7, prerequisite.
—This course will discuss in detail the aims, organizations and methods of teaching
mathematics in Junior and Senior high schools. Attention will be given to general
mathematics, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and commercial arithmetic.
Special consideration will be given to such topics as the following: Aims and
trends in the teaching of mathematics; criteria for the selection of subject-matter;
the examination of current tests, texts, curricula, and other instructional
materials; the construction, use, and value of teaching units; lesson
planning. (Credit, 1 session-hour.)
Mr. Wingfield.
(3) The Teaching of Latin in Secondary Schools: Credit for 6 session-hours
of college Latin as a minimum and Education B7, prerequisite.—This course
is intended to meet the needs of teachers in service, and of advanced students preparing
to teach. The course includes an historical survey of the teaching of Latin
in Europe and America, with special emphasis upon the experience of teachers
in American schools; a study of present trends in the teaching of Latin; a
schools of the United States; a study of the technique of class and recitation
management; and a study of the relation of Latin to other subjects in the high
school curriculum. Methods of determining the capacity of students for
foreign languages, and methods of recording various types of achievement
will be discussed. (Credit, 1 session-hour.) (Not offered in 1931-32.)
(4) The Teaching of Science in Secondary Schools: Credit for 6 session-hours
of college science as a minimum and Education B7, prerequisite.—This
course will discuss in detail the aims, methods, recent tendencies, and equipment for
the teaching of science in Junior and Senior high schools. A review will be made
of the development of science teaching and the place of the natural sciences in the
curriculum of secondary schools. Special attention will be given to general
science, biology, chemistry, and physics. This will include a critical examination
of recent textbooks, a discussion of current practices in handling laboratory
work and notebooks, the planning and value of units of instruction, testing,
and remedial teaching. (Credit, 1 session-hour.)
Mr. Fitzhugh.
(5) The Teaching of the Social Studies in Secondary Schools: Credit for
6 session-hours of college social studies as a minimum and Education B7, prerequisite.—A
course in materials and methods in the social studies. The course includes
a consideration of (a) the general current trends in the teaching of the social
studies in secondary schools; (b) the objectives of the social studies in the high
school; (c) the examination and use of text and laboratory materials for the socialized
recitation, with special emphasis on the high school library in the social
studies; (d) a consideration of classroom procedure and the place and use of
objective and other tests; (e) the unit plan and procedure; (f) and the materials
and devices to make this plan of study effective in the handling of individual
students. (Credit, 1 session-hour.)
Mr. Swindler.
Education B11: (b) Directed Teaching: Open only to seniors. Education
B2, B7 and B11 (a) prerequisite.—Directed teaching in the City High School of
Charlottesville and in the high schools of Albemarle County. The student, through
graded participation is inducted into successive teaching activities until full
teaching responsibility is assumed for a period of time sufficient to produce
skill in teaching. Daily practice for a semester is required as a minimum.
Required of all candidates for the degree of B.S. in Education. Hours to be
arranged. (Credit, 2 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Windes and Critic Teachers.
Education B12: School Hygiene and Sanitation: Course prescribed by
the Virginia State Board of Education and State Board of Health for all students
desiring certificates to teach in public schools. After a preliminary
consideration of normal anatomy and physiology, the following topics are
discussed: Physical defects and their control, personal hygiene, communicable
diseases, physical inspection of school children, first aid, the sanitary
school, and public health.—(Credit, 1 session-hour.) First term, Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday. 11:30 to 12:30; P. H., 4.
Assistant Professor Jarman.
For Undergraduates and Graduates
Education C1: Advanced Educational Psychology: Psychology B1 and
one B course in Education prerequisite.—An intensive study of fundamental processes
and problems, involving a survey of important modern contributions
to psychological literature, with emphasis upon a systematic formulation of
results. Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 10:30 to 11:30, P. H. B.
Associate Professor Geldard.
Education C2: Problems in School Administration: Education B5 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. Tuesday, Thursday, 3
to 4:30; P. H., 4.
Professor Manahan and Assistant Professor Jarman.
Education C3: Problems in Elementary School Supervision: Education
B5 and B3 or B4 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. Monday, Wednesday,
3 to 4:30; P. H., 4.
Professor Manahan and Assistant Professor Jarman.
Education C4: Problems in High School Administration: Education B7
and B8 prerequisite.—An advanced course in secondary education. Students
will be required to make original investigations of the problems
in the field of secondary education. First term: Problems of reorganization
and control of the high school. Second term: Curriculum
problems. Third term: The Training of High School Principals. The
purpose of the course is to present to the student the best procedures in high
school organization, administration, supervision, and instruction for the
attainment of the objectives of secondary education and to give him opportunities
to ascertain how high schools should be organized and administered
in terms of accepted principles for the realization of these objectives.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:30 to 10:30; P. H., 2. To be given in alternate
years with Education C5.
Professor Smithey.
Education C5: Problems in High School Supervision: Education B8 and
B7 prerequisite.—An advanced course in secondary education. Students will be
required to make original investigations of problems relating to secondary education.
First term: Problems of the high school teacher. Second term: Problems
of educational and vocational guidance. Third term: Problems of high school
supervision. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:30 to 10:30; P. H., 2. To be given
in alternate years with Education C4. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
Professor Smithey.
Education C6: Mental Measurement: Psychology B1 and one B course
in Education prerequisite.—A study of the more important mental tests and
results obtained. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
Professor Ferguson.
For Graduates
Education D1: Seminar in Educational Psychology: Research studies.
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.
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