1940-1941 Academic Catalog

42 DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 19. PRACTICAL ART This course includes woodwork, metalwork, weaving, carv– ing, and work with plastics. Three hours credit. 20. HEALTH ACTIVITIES Emphasis is placed on organizing material for teaching purposes to develop efficiency of pupils in grades one, two, and three. Three hours credit, one semester. 21. PUBLIC SCHOOL HYGIENE A professionalized subject matter course surveying health habits and conditions for efficiency of pupils. Methods and devices are suggested for use in grades four, five, and six. Three hours credit, one semester. 22. ARITHMETIC A content course designed to make the student proficient in the fundamental processes and their applications as re– lated to the elementary grades. Attention is given to the history of arithmetic. Teaching methods are discussed as problems arise. Three hours credit, one semester. 23. STUDENT TEACHING Teaching and observation for a total of twelve weeks, in three different situations. One hour daily with weekly conferences with supervisor and critic teacher. Three hours, first or second semester. 24. CHILD PSYCHOLOGY This course will present the elements of child nature, in– dividual differences, and the significance of early behavior patterns. Three hours, one semester. 25. KINDERGARTEN-PRIMARY PROGRAM Kindergarten-primary technique in dealing with the child at play, eating, sleeping, in emotional stress and in social adjustment. Special kindergarten-primary programs studied. Two hours, one semester. 26. GRAPHIC EXPRESSION Free hand drawing and sketching planned to develop in– dividual technique. Two hours credit, one semester. 27. DESIGN A course for beginners planned to develop creative power and understanding of design as a factor in art expression. Through the use of materials and media varied approaches to creative experience are employed, developing artistic judgment. Two hours credit, one semester. 28. METHODS AND MATERIALS A course designed to give practice in use of materials em– ployed in teaching elementary grade art. Helps and devices given for schoolroom practice. Two hours credit, one semester. 29. TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS A study of intelligence tests, standardized tests, and the new.type subject-matter test, with the meaning and ap-