The Committee recommends that each department give particular and con-

sistent attention to the task of teaching in the following ways:

1. Provision for discussion within the department of problems related
to teaching; (This would be helpful to all members of the department
staff, but especially to new members. )

2. Careful planning of instruction in all basic courses involving
several sections, as in English Composition, elementary language,
introductory laboratory courses, etc.;

3. Evaluation of the material included and the work assigned in the de-~
partment's several courses to determine whether each course meets a
reasonable standard, not being too light or too burdensome;

4. Careful selection of assistant instructors and laboratory instructors
on the basis of their preparation and personal qualifications to
teach the subjects concerned;

5. Guidance and supervision of new, inexperienced teachers by various
means: through conferences covering sections of the work, points to
be stressed, experimental procedure; by checking proposed quiz ques-—
tions, and by examining samples of graded quiz papers; by visiting
classes, both on the part of the supervisor and the new teacher; by
checking on the preparation of students to do the work of subsequent
courses;

6. Whenever possible give recognition to promising assistants by pro-

moting them to greater responsibility.

The Committee recommends that each instructor on the College Faculty give

 

serious thought and consideration to the following suggestions:
1. That each faculty member maintain a lively interest in educational

problems in general, and in his own field, through all the means

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