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EDUCATION
Education sB1-I: History and Philosophy of Education: First Term.
9:30; P. H. 5. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Zehmer.
A study of the chief educational ideals of mankind prior to the Christian Era. An
attempt is made to relate these educational ideals to their social and historical conditions
and to present them as the expression of corresponding philosophies of life.
Education sB1-II: History and Philosophy of Education in Modern
Times: Second Term. 10:30; P. H. 4. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Jarman.
Education sB1-III: Public Education in the United States: First
Term. 8:30; P. H. 3. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Jarman.
Education sB2-I: Elementary Educational Psychology: First Term.
8:30; M. H. 8. Credit, 1 session-hour elective.
Miss Barrett.
This course is designed to meet 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 Psychology.
Education sB2-II: Educational Psychology: Second Term. 9:30; M. H.
8. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Miss Barrett.
A course in General or Educational Psychology prerequisite.
The laws and principles essential in the learning process.
Education sB2-III: Principles of Teaching for the Grades: First
Term. 10:30; M. H. 8. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Miss Barrett.
A course in General or Educational Psychology prerequisite.
A brief introductory study of modern trends in elementary teaching.
Education sB3-I: Elementary School Supervision: First Term. 10:30;
Washington Hall. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Miss McLester.
This course is designed for teachers and supervisors of the elementary grades. A
study of the curriculum of the progressive elementary school is made with special emphasis
upon curriculum construction for the primary grades. An attempt is made to discover
the trends and to forecast the future development of the elementary school curriculum in
Virginia and the South.
Education sB3-III: Measurement in Elementary Education: Both
Terms. 11:30; P. H. B. 3. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Acker.
A study is made of the instruments of measurement now available, their uses and
limitations. Practice is afforded in the use of scientific measures. Objective examinations
are constructed.
Education sB4-I: Elementary School Administration: Second Term.
8:30; P. H. B. 3. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Jarman.
Organization of the elementary school. Schedule making, time allotments, records and
reports, classification of pupils, marking, etc.
Education sB4-II: Organization of Subject-Matter and Learning Situations
in the Elementary School: Both Terms. 10:30; P. H. 3. Credit, 1
session-hour.
Mr. Acker.
A course in the construction of the course of study for the upper elementary grades.
Production work in the social studies of the elementary school. This course is offered
for principals, supervisors, and teachers who are working in the field of social studies
under the Virginia State Curriculum Program, and will be organized and conducted to
meet the needs of this program with reference to the social studies.
Education sB4-III (a): Observation in the Elementary School: First
Term. (Meets for consultation—M. H. 6.) 8:00-9:00 A. M.; Midway School.
Credit, 1 session-hour.
Miss Garrels.
Prerequisite—18 session-hours' credit in Normal Professional Course. Registration
for the course must be made in advance. Students taking this course must
consult the instructor before registering for any classes.
Credit for Education sB3-II will be allowed those who complete this
course.
Education sB4-III (b): Supervised Teaching in the Elementary School:
First Term. (Meets for consultation—M. H. 7; 8:30.) Midway School.
Credit, 1 session-hour.
Miss Garrels.
Prerequisite—21 session-hours' credit in Normal Professional course and
Education sB4-III(a). Registration for the course must be made in advance.
Students taking this course must consult the supervisor before registering
for any classes.
This course consists of a series of lessons prepared and taught by the student under
the guidance of experienced trained teachers and the supervisor. It offers opportunity
for teachers with some experience in the class-room and training in psychology to work
out practical experiments in teaching and to measure the results. Individual conference
hours are provided and a general conference is held once a week.
Education sB5-I: School Administration: Second Term. 9:30; P. H.
3. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Jarman.
For superintendents, principals and teachers. Will consider temporary 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.
Education sB5-II: School Administration: First Term. 11:30; P. H.
4. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Ivy.
City School Systems.
Education sB5-III: Public School Administration: First Term. 9:30;
P. H. 4. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Bennett.
County school systems. A detailed study will be made of county school systems with
special emphasis upon county school organization and administration in Virginia.
Education sB7-I: High School Administration: Both Terms. 8:30;
P. H. 2. Credit, 1 session-hour.
First Term, Mr. Phippins. Second Term, Mr. Sulfridge.
The place of the secondary school; the development of the American high school, the
secondary school pupil; the relation of the secondary school to the elementary school; the
relation of the secondary school to higher education; the external organization and administration
of the secondary school; the internal organization and administration of the
secondary school; the high school staff and staff problems; the organization and administration
of instruction; the administration of pupil progress; the high school plant and
equipment; the relation of the high school to the community. Textbook: Draper and
Roberts: Principles of American Secondary Education.
Education sB7-II: Curriculum of the High School: Both Terms.
12:30; P. H. 2. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Windes.
The nature and purpose of high school curriculum; the program of studies of secondary
education; the means and materials of secondary education; the place of the academic
subjects; the place of the vocational subjects; the special subjects and extra-curricular
activities; the making of the high school curriculum; curriculum revision and curriculum
adjustment; research in curriculum making. Text-books: Smith: Secondary Education in
the United States; Williams: The Making of High School Curricula; Hopkins: Curriculum
Principles and Practices.
Education sB7-III: Modern Methods of High School Teaching: Both
Terms. 11:30; P. H. 2. Credit, 1 session-hour.
First Term, Mr. Alvey. Second Term, Mr. Phippins.
The outcomes of teaching; the nature of learning and the nature of teaching; the relation
between individual and group instruction; providing and directing learning activities;
training pupils to study; plans for individualizing instruction; the unit method of
teaching; measuring the results of teaching. Text-books Douglass: Modern Methods of
High School Teaching; Knudsen: Evaluation and Improvement of Teaching.
Education sB8-I: Social Principles of Secondary Education: First
Term. 8:30; P. H. 4. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Swindler.
Principles of sociology that most concern various types of secondary education as determined
by the needs of dynamic society, modern economic life, and present-day culture.
The application of these principles to the program of the modern high school. Text-book:
Waller: The Sociology of Teaching.
Education sB8-II: The Junior High School: First Term. 12:30; P. H.
4. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Phippins.
Origin, aims, organization, program of studies, methods of teaching and control of
the junior high school.
Textbook: Touton and Struthers: Junior High School Procedure.
Education sB8-III: High School Guidance: Both Terms. 12:30; P.
H. 3. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Alvey, Instructor; Mr. C. J. Hyslup, Assistant.
This course is intended for high school principals, teachers, supervisors, superintendents
and others interested in understanding the guidance movement and in the possibility of
applying its principles to their own work.
During both terms of the 1933 Summer Quarter this course will be organized and
conducted to meet the needs of those principals and teachers who are working in the field
of guidance in the Virginia State Curriculum Program.
Education sB9-I: The Extra-Curriculum: First Term. 9:30; P. H. 3.
Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Eutsler.
In developing the guiding principles of pupil participation in the extra-curricular life
of the school, the following activities are considered: home room and class organization,
student council; school clubs, the assembly, commencement, the school activities period;
study halls and pupil participation in their government, athletic association, inter- and
intra-school games and contests; school publications—newspaper, magazine, annual, handbook;
dramatics, debating, excursions, fraternities and sororities, the National Honor
Society and other honor societies, school and athletic insignia; everyday school manners,
school and class parties and dances; school camps and camping, welcoming and orienting
new pupils; extra-curricular finances, the school bank, such supplementary school agencies
as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Junior
Red Cross; the adviser of boys, the adviser of girls; a point system for directing and
limiting pupil activity, a record card for pupil activity.
Text-book: Fretwell: Extra-Curricular Activities in Secondary Schools.
Education sB9-II: Measurement in Secondary Education: Second
Term. 10:30; P. H. 8. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Broadwater.
The status, uses, limitations, and selections of secondary school tests; available high
school tests; objective examinations; high school testing program.
Text-books: Symonds: Measurement in Secondary Education; Odell: Educational Measurement
in High School.
Education sB9-III: The Social Science Curriculum in the Secondary
School: Both Terms. 2:30; P. H. 4. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Swindler, Instructor; Superintendent D. N. Davidson, Advisor.
A production course in the social studies of the secondary school. This course is
offered for principals and teachers who are working in the field of social studies under
the Virginia State Curriculum Program and will be organized and conducted to meet the
needs of this program with reference to the social studies.
Education sB10-I (a): Teaching of High School English: First Term.
10:30; P. H. 8. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Alvey.
This course deals with the selection and the organization of curriculum materials,
methods of teaching and available means for measuring the results of teaching in the
field of high school English.
Education sB10-I (b): The Teaching of High School Mathematics:
First Term. 9:30; C. H. 100. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Lankford.
This course presupposes a knowledge of elementary algebra and geometry, it seeks to
establish principles for the selection and organization of curriculum material for high
school algebra and geometry, and aims to present the best modern practice in the teaching
of high school mathematics.
Education sB10-I (c): The Teaching of High School Social Science:
First Term. 11:30; P. H. 3. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Swindler.
The place of social science in the high school program of studies. The principles for
the selection of curriculum materials, modern methods of teaching, measuring the results
of instruction in the social sciences.
Education sB10-I (d): The Teaching of High School Science: First
Term. 12:30. M. H. 26. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Venning.
This course deals with the place of the natural sciences in the high school program
of studies, the principles for the selection of curriculum materials, modern methods of
teaching, and measuring the results of instruction. Special attention is given to General
Science.
Education sB12-I: Hygiene and Sanitation: First Term. 10:30; P. H.
5. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Jarman.
This course deals with practical application 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. Assigned readings will be made and written
reports required. Text-books: the Bulletins of the Virginia Board of Health, and Hygiene
of the School Child, Terman and Almack.
Education sB12-II: Sex Character Education: Second Term. 12:30; P.
H. 5. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Kiracofe.
This course is designed to acquaint teachers with the fundamental facts of sex in their
biological, psychological, social, and humanitarian aspects.
Emphasis will be put on the methods of teaching sex information in the different
grades of elementary and secondary schools. This course is also open to parents who desire
to acquaint themselves with the facts. Certificate and renewal credit will be given.
Mental Hygiene: See Medical Sciences, page 76.
Education sC1-I: The Problem of Learning: First Term. See Psychology
sC2-III.
Education sC1-III: Principles of Psychology: First Term. See Psychology
sC4-I.
Education sC2-I: Educational Surveys: Second Term. 10:30; P. H. 7.
Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Manahan.
For graduate students only. Education sB5 prerequisite.
Study of school surveys—state, city and county. Will consider the organization, aims,
scope, methods, limitations and possibilities of school surveys. A detailed study of select
and special problems in school administration will be made.
Education sC2-II: Problems in School Administration: First Term.
12:30; P. H. 7. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Jarman.
Open only to graduate students with credit for Education sC2-I. A detailed study of
the problems of public school finance, including budget making, unit costs, etc.
Education sC2-III: Seminar in School Administration: Second Term.
9:30; P. H. 7. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Manahan.
Open only to graduate students with credit for Education sC2-I or sC3-I.
Education sC3-I: Standard Tests in Elementary School Subjects: First
Term. 10:30; P. H. 7. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Manahan.
Education sB5 prerequisite.
Problems in the derivation, standardization, application and interpretation of results
of standard tests.
Education sC3-II: Problems in Elementary School Supervision: Both
Terms. 12:30; P. H. B. 3. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Acker.
A detailed study will be made of the problems of supervision in relationship to
elementary school instruction. Arrangements will be made in this course for those principals,
supervisors, and teachers working in the field of elementary social studies in the
Virginia State Curriculum Program to pursue studies consonant with this work.
Education sC3-III: Seminar in School Administration: First Term.
9:30; P. H. 7. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Manahan.
Open only to students having credit for Education sC3-I. A course designed to offer
students in school administration an opportunity for continued constructive educational
research in the application of testing programs or the derivation and standardization of
new tests.
Education sC4-I: Problems of Secondary Education—Problems of High
School Administration: Both Terms. 9:30; P. H. 2. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Smithey.
For graduate students only. Education sB7 prerequisite.
Advantages and disadvantages of homogeneous grouping; individualizing learning activities;
assistance to pupils in selecting subjects best suited to them; efficiency of instruction
in relation to size of high school classes; the departmental organization of the high school;
the distribution of time of the principal; high school and college relations; teaching combinations;
the high school library.
Education sC4-II: Problems of the High School Curriculum: Both
Terms. 11:30; P. H. 8. Fee, $5.00. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Windes, Instructor; Mr. Swindler, Assistant.
For graduate students only. Education sB7 prerequisite.
This course requires the application of suitable technique of objective analysis to a
determination of (1) the recognized problems of high school curriculum, followed by (2) a
treatment in order of the problems so determined. Problems of interest to supervisors,
principals and teachers are considered.
During both terms of the 1933 Summer Quarter arrangements will be made in this
course for those principals and teachers working in the field of social studies in Virginia
High School Curriculum Program to pursue studies consonant with this work.
Education sC4-III: Problems of Secondary Education—Problems of the
High School Teacher: First Term. 8:30; P. H. 8. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Ivy.
For graduate students only. Education sB7 prerequisite.
This course is concerned with the special problems of the high school teacher.
Education sC5-I: Problems of Secondary Education—Problems of the
Junior High School: First Term. 11:30; P. H. 7. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Ivy.
For graduate students only. Education sB7 prerequisite.
This course is concerned with special problems of the junior high school and the
problem of incorporating the junior high school idea into 7-4 school systems.
Education sC5-II: Problems of Secondary Education—Problems of
High School Supervision: Both Terms. 12:30; P. H. 8. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Windes.
For graduate students only. Education sB7 prerequisite.
The major aims and purposes of high school supervision; principles and elements of
an effective supervisory program; improving subject matter and method; rating teachers;
measuring the outcomes of instruction; providing material aids to teaching; organization
of the school to promote instructional efficiency; the organization, supervision and evaluation
of a supervisory program.
Education sC5-III: Problems in High School Guidance: Both Terms.
10:30; P. H. 2. Fee, $5.00. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Smithey, Instructor; Mr. C. J. Hyslup, Assistant.
For graduate students only. Education sB7 prerequisite.
During both terms of the 1933 Summer Quarter this course will be organized and conducted
to meet the needs of principals and teachers who are working on problems of high
school guidance in the Virginia State Curriculum Program.
Seminar in Secondary Education: Both Terms. 8:30; Dr. Smithey's
office.
Mr. Smithey.
This course is intended for graduate students majoring in secondary education and is
concerned with problems suitable for theses.
Education sC6-I: Statistical Method in Education and Psychology:
Second Term. 9:30; P. H. B. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Geldard.
A course in General or Educational Psychology prerequisite.
The elements of statistical method, with special reference to educational and psychological
problems.
Education sC6-II: The Measurement of Intelligence: Second Term.
10:30; P. H. B. Fee, $5.00.
Mr. Ferguson.
A course in General or Educational Psychology prerequisite.
Methods and results.
The following courses in Education, designated by Arabic numerals from
20 are of college grade but are not offered in this University in the regular |
Note.—Dr. Paul Hanna of Columbia University, Chairman of State Production Committee
in Elementary Social Studies, will be associated with curriculum production work
during the Summer Quarter, and will be available to advise with committees at work
on State Course of Study.
and the Normal Professional Certificate issued by the Virginia State Board
of Education. (See paragraph 4 on page 43.)
Education s31. Nature Study: Second Term. 8:30; M. H. 8. Credit,
1 session-hour.
Mr. Hayes.
The object of this course is to stimulate leisure-time interests in some phase of nature—
birds, wildflowers, trees, insects. It should appeal to the general student but is of special
worth to teachers, scout leaders, and camp guides. The course includes a survey of aims
and methods in nature study, the development of individual projects, field trips, and correlated
readings. Students are requested to bring field or opera glasses if convenient.
Education s32. Child Literature: Second Term. 10:30; M. H. 8.
Credit, 1 session-hour.
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.
Education s36: Reading Activities in Primary Grades: Second Term.
8:30; M. H. 11. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Miss Wyatt.
This course is designed to cover the work of the first three grades.
Units for class discussion: why children want to read; reading goals; history of
primary methods and content; evaluation of present day reading activities; reading equipment;
psychological principles underlying effective reading; oral and silent reading; seat
work; the place of phonics in primary reading; diagnostic and remedial work; examination
and evaluation of the best primary readers and supplementary materials. Individual problems
considered and discussed.
Note.—Students are requested to bring any texts on the teaching of reading.
Education s37: Reading and Study for Grammar and Junior High School
Grades: Second Term. 9:30; M. H. 11. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Miss Wyatt.
Units for class discussion: Why pupils do not read well; study habits of pupils and
teachers; difficulties in teaching both reading and how to study; importance of reading in
all subjects; scientific reports on reading and study methods; meaning and kinds of reading;
meaning and kinds of study; relation of reading and study; training in use of books;
place of poetry in the reading program; analysis of reading materials; diagnostic and
remedial work; use of informal and standardized tests; the teacher's equipment.
This course is planned for principals, supervisors, specialists in reading and literature
and teachers of above named grades.
Any books on teaching of reading and how to study that you may have will be helpful.
Education s38: Language Activities and the Social Sciences: Second
Term. 11:30; M. H. 11. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Miss Wyatt.
Purposes: 1. To capitalize the child's first hand vicarious experiences through the combined
activities of indoor and outdoor life. 2. To develop more creative expression through
the language arts of conversation, stories, verse, dramatic play. 3. To show the need of
sufficient drill in spelling, vocabulary building, etc. 4. To get a better conception of the
social sciences by developing civic, geographic, historic and scientific learning through a
study of boats, aircraft, sources of food, weather reports, local history, etc. 5. To become
acquainted with more and better materials for teaching these subjects.
Education s42: Methods in Civics and History: First Term. 8:30;
M. H. 11. Credit, 1 session-hour.
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 s43: Methods in Literature, Language and Spelling; Grammar
Grades: First Term. 9:30; M. H. 11. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Krebs.
Topics: The study of type selections in literature for grammar grades; the material
for language lessons, motivation, usage drills, the story, outlines, oral and written composition;
the psychology and pedagogy of spelling.
Education s45: The Teaching of Arithmetic: First Term. 11:30; M.
H. 7. Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Krebs.
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.
Education s46: General Geography: Second Term. 11:30; M. H. 8.
Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Hayes.
This course offers a comprehensive survey of the geographic data covered in the
elementary grades and the high school, with special emphasis on fundamental principles.
Text: Huntington and Cushing: Principles of Human Geography.
Education s48: Parent-Teacher Training: First Term. 10:30; P. H. 4.
Credit, 1 session-hour.
Mr. Eutsler.
This course given in co-operation with the Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers,
will consider the fundamental significance of the Parent-Teacher movement; its place in
education, its relation to various welfare agencies; its development here and in foreign
countries; its objectives, guiding principles, activities, and achievements; how to organize
and how the national and state organizations can aid the local groups.
The special problems of state, county and local organizations and the matter of program
building will be carefully studied. An exhibit of many varieties of published helps
of both the national and the state associations will be open to superintendents, principals,
teachers and parents.
The course is open to students of education and to parent-teacher workers.
Education s102. Institute for Doctors' Helpers: July 24 to 28, inclusive.
New Medical Building.
Mrs. Emily W. Bennett, R. N.
An intensive course in Home Nursing, Maternity and Infant Care, Personal Hygiene
and Community Health, conducted by the State Department of Health. Each day's session
will consist of five hours divided into three periods, two hours for demonstration in
Home Nursing, two hours for Maternity and Infant Care, and one for Personal Hygiene
and Community Health.
The aim of this course is to give women an opportunity to learn simple nursing care
which will aid them in looking after their own families, in assisting a doctor, or in giving
service outside of their homes where the highest trained skill is unattainable or not absolutely
necessary.
Primary School for Children of the First Four Grades. See page 89.
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