Specialized Courses

*A2. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. Two hours cred-
it. Fall semester, To give the prospective teacher in elementary schools a
general appreciation of the aim, scope, and setting of elementary education
and the more necessary information on the internal organization of the elemen-
tary school,
* Not open to freshmen.

) S¢f N54. SCHOOL HYGIENE. Two hours credit. First semester and summer ses-—
Sion. Required of physical education majors, A critical study of three major
aspects of child health and care: {a) The physical health and development of
the child; children's diseases and defects, their incidence, care and,
ments (b) the hygiene of buildings, equipment, the surroundings; (c) health
education, stressing health knowledge and health habits. Prerequisite, the
Fundamentals Group, Turney.

A158. VISUAL EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. ‘Two hours
credit. The theory and administrative practice of visual education, types of -
equipment, sources of supply, maintenance, and relative educational values ef
accepted modes of visual education. Prerequisite, 15 hours of Education.
Summer session. Montgomery.

A180. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION. Three hours
credit. Spring and summer, A course to meet the needs of present and pros-—
pective department heads and supervisors of business education. Topics to be
considered include the organization of a department, planning the physical lay-
out, selection and assignment of teachers, in-service training, financing the

business program, improvement of instruction, placement, follow-up systems,
publicity, etc, Prerequisites, the Fundanental s Group. Crouse.

A184. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF HOME ECONOMICS. Two hours cred—
it. Spring semester. An introduction to the study of home economics educa~_
tion. This course includes a brief history of the home economics movement.

The philosophy and objectives of home economics education and its place in the
educational plan, The home economics curriculum, qualifications of teacher
and opportunities open to home economics trained women. Prerecuisite, Funda~
mentals Group. _ Hoesly,

M165. TECHNIQUES OF TEACHING. Three hours credit. Second semester,
This course is designed as an introduction to the theory and practice of teach

ing for prospective teachers, supervisors, and administrators. It consists of
three broad, interrelated units. Unit I, the philosophical and social bases

of method, is designed to assist the student to formulate a philosophy that is
effective in clarifying the aims of education and in selecting subject matter.

Unit II, the psychological bases of method, considers the theoretical and
experimental evidence of import to teaching. Unit III, methods, teehniques,

and management, provides opportunity for a critical but constructive appraisal
of general methods such as the project method, socialized recitation, assign
ments, supervised study, etc., in the light of Units I and II. Prerequisite,
the Fundamentals Group, . Turney.

P35. ESSENTIALS OF READING. Three hours credit. The purposes of this
course are to give the student a knowledge of the importance of reading, a know
ledge of the importance of reading, a knowledge of the reading skills and habits
which should be developed by children in the elementary schools, an understand—
ing of the methods of teaching reading on the different grade levels and an
acquaintance with the sources of materials on reading problems, The course is
designed to meet the requirements of the course of study for the sixty-hour
certificate, Summer session.

 
  

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