1926-1927 Academic Catalog

DESCRIPTION OF COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL STUDIES N3. THE SCIENCE OF BUSI~SS-Valu.e, ren t, interes t, banking, foreig n trade, pr?fits. Text : Alexander Hamilton In s tit ute, Modern Business, Text No. 2. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Prerequisite; Nl. Not given every year. EDUCATION PROFESSORS SMITH AND KOE HLER Tl. HISTORY OF EDUCATION-This cours e begins with a brief s urvey of one or t wo representati ve Oriental count ries. More t ime is devoted to Greek education. The influence of Socra t es , Plato and Aristotle and t he edu ca t ional writings of the la tter two receive s ome attention. The R oman and Medieval periods are pass ed over more rapidly s o a s to give more time for the s tu d y of modern movements and writers . Some of the writings of the great edu ca tional reformers cons titute a part of the a ss igned r eading. Text: Graves : Student's His tory of Educa t ion. R equired for the Sta te High School Certificat e. Open only to Jun iors and Sen iors . Three hours a week, on e sem es t er. Professor Smi t h . T2. SCIENCE OF EDUCATION- The p s ychological and s ociolog ical prin ci– ples that underlie educational s cience, and a critical examinat ion of various educational theories . Text: Bagley. Elective. Prerequis ite: General P s ychology. Not op en to Fres hmen. Three hours a wee k, one s emes t er. Professor Smith. T3. PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING-Introduction t.o high school problems and sugges tions for their solution. The high s chool pupil, teacher, discipline, class methods . less on plans, s upervised study. Text: Colvin: An int roduction to Hig h School Teaching. Prerequisite: General Psychology. Required for the Stat e Hig h School Certificate. Open only to Juniors and Seniors. Three hours a week, one sem es ter. Professor Smith. T4. SPECIAL METHODS-Methods of teaching high school Englis h, his tory, languages , science and mathematics. Each emphasized according to the needs of those in the class . Prerequisite: Principles of Teaching. Required for the Stat e High School Certificate. Open only to Juniors and Seniors. Two hours a week , one sem es t e r. Professors of departments indi cated. T5. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT- The organiza t ion and adminis tration of schools a s influenced by the United States Bureau of Education, state s ystems (Ohio in particular), county and dis trict s ys tems. The Ohio school laws are read and dis cussed. Text: Cubberly: Public S chool Ad– minis tration. Required for the State High School Certificate. Open only t o J un ior s and Seni or s. Two hours a week, on e semester . Professor Koehler. TG. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-The mind in its relation to methods of training and acquis it ion of knowledge. Text: Pyle. Required for the S t ate High School Certificate. Elective for others . Prerequisite: General P s ychology. Two hours a week . one sem es ter. Profess or Koehler. T7. OBSERVATION AND PRACTICE TEACHING-The teaching of second• ary s tudies is observed by the s tudent, under the direction of the critic t eache r, in the neighboring high schools. Preliminary instruction and plans, careful not es , wri t ten reports and oral cri t iques are required of every student. A full discu s– sion of the things seen helps to clarify the principles of t ea ching involved. The pract ice teaching is done in the neighboring High Schools . The practice teac hing is preceded by s upervised less on plans, done u nder the direct super – vision of the critic teacher, and followed by a conference of all engag ed in pract ice teaching with the critic teac her. R equired of juniors and senior s, who are candi– dat es for t he State High S c hool Certifica t e. The work in this cou r se is usuall v spr ead over t hree or fou r semester s . Three semes t e r - hours of c r edit. Professor Smith. ENGLISH PROFESSORS DOLBY AND SMITH El. RHETORIC- E xpress ion of s imple, fluent, and fo r cible Englis h is t augh t . Text: Slater: Fres hma n R h etor ic; a n d Centu ry H and Book. R equired. Three hours a week t hroug hout the year . Professo r Dolby. E2. E NGLISH POETRY- A stud y of v er se str ucture and an a nalysis of selec ted poems; also a crit ical study of the ea rly n ineteen t h cen tury poets– W ord sworth , Scott, By ron, S helley, K ea ts. E lective. T hree h our s a week , on e s emester. N ot gi ven every year. E .3. SHAKESPEARE- A carefu l stud y and a nalysis is made of som~ or S hak espeare's t raged ies and comedies. Ot her s a re r ead rapidly. Wri~ten cr itiq u es a r e req uir ed . Elective. Three h ours a week, one semester. Not given every year. Professor Smith. E4. MODE RN DRAMA- A study of t he grea t contemporary dramas of E ngland, Ireland, Germany, Fra nce, Belgium, Norwa y, Russia , and America. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. Professor Dolby. PAGE TWENTY-NINE