Friday, March 19, 1965
University Daily Kansan
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Legislature May Cut Education Requirements
A bill to lower the number of hours a teacher must have to receive a teaching certificate in Kansas was placed before the state House of Representatives yesterday.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Wayne Angle (R) of Ottawa, will reduce the number of education hours needed for a teaching certificate from 20 hours to 12 hours for secondary teachers and from 24 hours to 15 hours for elementary teachers.
"THIS IS NOT the proper way to approach the professional problem if one exists," Kenneth E. Anderson, dean of the KU school of education, said. "The requirements of a
teacher should be studied in view of the kind of preparation needed to perform the job well. This may mean even more courses of education," he said.
Rep. Angle stated the reduction of required hours is not a very drastic step. "It is just a question whether the teaching profession wants to lean toward the legislature or not," he said.
The bill states that the Kansas State Board of Education shall emphasize academic and subject matter preparation and that the requirement of courses of the education content shall not exceed 12 hours for secondary teachers and 15 hours for elementary teachers, according to Rep. Angle.
This does not mean the specific college can not require more hours for a degree in education. Angle said.
THE LEGISLATOR said as far as he can see, this will limit the number of hours from 18 to 15 for elementary teachers and from 14 to 12 for secondary teachers. The other courses now classified as education will not be included in the new bill.
Dean Anderson said if this is what the representative has in mind there is no need for the bill. It will only confuse the situation and raise all types of interpretations.
"I see no need in raising a bill which leaves all kinds of questions, thereafter." Dean Anderson said.
'IF THIS BILL is passed it will necessitate us renumbering our courses. Such courses as psychology and method teaching of art, music,
physical education and math will have to come under those fields instead of the school of education," he said.
There is an academic council which looks at this question annually and makes their recommendations, Dean Anderson pointed out. It is because of the recommendations of this council that the school of education has already added more liberal art courses to its curriculum, he concluded.
Summerfield Award Given
Jackson Hibler, St. Joseph, Mo., senior, was named yesterday as the current recipient of the Solon E. Summerfield Senior Award in Business Administration.
L. Martin Jones, assistant dean of the School of Business, announced the selection, which was made by the Honors and Awards Committee.
The award, an annual event designed to recognize and honor outstanding scholastic achievement in business administration and to encourage capable students to excel in their fields, is made possible through a gift to KU from the Solon E. Summerfield Foundation.
The $150 award is presented each semester to the Business senior who has completed the Junior Core in the preceding semester and who has the highest grade average in the required courses through the junior year.
KU Team to Research Meet
A husband-wife team from KU are invited participants to a conference to review research done on the reservation culture of the Sioux Indians of South Dakota.
Murray L. Wax, associate professor of sociology, and Rosalie H. Wax will speak during the meeting March 19-21 at the University of Chicago. The conference is financed by the Wennar-Gran Foundation.
The Waxes will present their study of "Dropout of American Indians at the Secondary Level," a project supported by the U.S. Office of Education. A portion of the study titled "Formal Education in an American Indian Community" has been published as a supplement to source book "Social Problems."
SUA BRIDGE TOURNAMENT MASTER POINT
1:30 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 21 KANSAS UNION
SUA FRIDAY SUA FLICKS
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Anthony Quinn
Jackie Gleason
PLUS
"Perils of Pauline"
ADMISSION 35c
FRASER THEATER 7:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.