1924-1925 Academic Catalog

DES RIPTION OF COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL STUDIES N3. THE SCIEN 'E OF BUSINESS-Value, rent, interest, bankinlf, foreign trade, profits. Text: Alexander Hamilton Institute, Modern . ~usiness. Text:. No. 2. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Prerequu1te; Nl. Not given every year. EDUCATION PROFESSOR SOMERS Tl. HISTORY OF EDUCATION-This course begin3 with a brie! survey of one or two representative Oriental countries. More time i~ devoted to Greek education. The influence of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and the educational writings o! the latter two receive some attention. The Roman and Mediev l periods are passed over more rapidly so a s to give more time for the study of modern movements and writers. Some of the writings o( the great educational reformers constitute a part of the a ss igned reading. Text: Graves: Student's History of Education. Required for the State High School Certificate. Open only to Juniors and Seniors. Three hours a week, one seme ster. T2. SCIENCE OF EDUCATION-The psychological and sociological princi– ples that underlie educational science, and a critical examination of various educational theories. Text: Bagley. Elective. Prerequisite: General Psychology. Not open to Freshmen. Three hours a week, one seniester. T3. PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING-Introduction tp high school problems and suggestions for their solution. The high school pupil, teacher, discipline, class methods. lesson plans, supervised study. Text: Colvin: An introduction to High School Teaching. Prerequisite: General Psychology. Required for the State High School Certificate. Open only to Juniors and Seniors. Three hours a week, one semester. T4. SPECIAL METHODS-Methods of teaching high school English, history, languages, science and mathematics. Each emphasized according to the needs of those in the class. Prerequisite: Principles of 'Ieachin-g. Required for the State High School Certificate. Open only to Juniors and Seniors. Two hours a week, one semester. T5. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT-The organization and administration of schools a s influenced by the United States Bureau of Education, state systems (Ohio in particular), county and district systems. The Ohio school laws are read and discussed. Text: Cubberly: Public School Ad– ministration. Required for the State High School Certificate. Open only to Juniors and Seniors. Two hours a week, one semester. TIO. EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENTS-Standards o! measurements in education, with actual experiments and tests in the school room . Text: Monroe, De Voss and Kelly: Educational Tests and Measurements. Elective. Not open to Freshmen. Prerequisite: General and Educational P sychology. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. Q2. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-The mind in its relation to methods of training and acquisition of knowledge. Text: Pyle. Required for the State High School Certificate. Elective for others. Prerequisite: General Psychology. ·Two hours a week, one semester. TI2. OBSERVATION AND PRACTICE TEACHING-The teaching of second– ary studies is observed by the student, under the direction of the critic teacher, in the preparatory department of the College, and in the neighboring high schools. Preliminary instruction and plans, careful notes, written reports and oral criti– ques are required of every student. A fuU discussion of the things s een helps to clarify the principles of t~aching involved. The practice teaching is done in the normal training school connected with the preparatory department. The practice teaching is preceded by supervised lesson plans, done under the direct super– vision of the critic teacher, and followed by a conference of all engaged in practice teaching with the critic teacher. R equired of juniors and senior s, who are candi– dates for the State High School Certificate. The work in this course is usually spread over three or four semesters. Three semester-hours of credit. ENGLISH PROFESSORS TINKER AND PORTER El. RHETORIC-Express ion of s imple, fluent, and forcible English is taught. Text: Slater: Freshman Rhetoric; and Ball: Constructive English. Required. Three hours a week throu g hout the year. E2. E GLISH POETRY-A s_tudy of verse structure and an analysis of selei;ted poems; als o a critical study of the early nineteenth century poets– Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Shelley, Keats. Elective. Three ho\lrs a week, one semester. Not given every year. E.3. SHAKESPEARE-A careful study and analysis is made of some of S~a~espeare's tra.gedies and comedies. Others are read rapidly. Written critiques are reqmred. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. PAGE THIRTY