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Show Visual aids classes help to prepare trainees for common experiences as teachers. Along with practical experience in machine operation and representation of idea, an education student may familiarize himself with important concepts of education in the division's curriculum library. Another door to the challenging life opened as Weber stepped into her senior college program. The Education Division, a newcomer to the academic program, evolved from Utah's urgent need for both elementary and secondary teachers. The program offered by the division prepares students in three major areas: general education, subject specialization, and professional course work. To assure superior quality instructors for Utah schools, a highly selective screening process is used for admittance to the division. Such factors as academic achievement, English language skills, and health and other personal qualities are determining factors. Student teaching, an exhilarating part of the program, begins for some trainees in the spring quarter of their junior year. Others have this experience during the first quarters of their senior year. Since the other divisions of the college participate extensively in teacher preparation, a campus teacher education council assists in developing policies and procedures in correlating all matters relating to the education program. The council is composed of the division chairmen and the dean of faculty. An education major discovers the thrill of student teaching The present Education Division headquarters are situated in the Annex, on the east side of the physical science building. |