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Show Teacher Education philosophy Nn Presidential Honors is state is nel. The e broadountains Sherwin rts and t do any or than Awarded ) presidential } o a Jements out that » broadearning : live on ot going ut then ave the nal pro- — | jteah er Ee In here advan- high ystem g have been awarded to six outstandin Utah high school students on the basis of their high school grade point average and ACT scores. The Weber State College Presidend tial Scholarships are the best offere . by. a state school in Utah at $7,000 Funds for the scholarships come from interest-bearing trust funds established in the names of former WSC a four-year tuition waiver at WSC. a maintain must recipients The he day station. 2s will John broadin the ‘ollege ‘amm> ball — Scholarships yr the per quarter. This year's recipients are: Tamera Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. Adams of Roy; Debra daughter of Jay and Lamoreaux, of Kaysville; Lamoreaux JoMarie Dawn Marshall, daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Daniel S. Marshall Russell Murdock, of Sunset; son of Ruth Mur- dock and the late Reece Murdock of Sahleen, Fork; Cynthia American daughter of Garry F. and Mary Jo Sahleen of Pleasant View; and Cheryl and of Kay daughter Williams, Shirley Williams of Fruit Heights. Congratulations Class of ‘84 And welcome to the WSC Alumni Association. many benefits on campus: Being an alumni entitles you to es for unity. cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better and register for at least 15 credit hours e Reunions and-social gatherings for e Use of the Stewart Library a $1 annual fee e $1 discount ticket for student eUse of the Job Bank theater productions eFounders’ Day events e Alumni chapter membership e Wills and trust counseling ePlanetarium star shows, Union Movies and game room at student prices eSpecial discount at WSC Bookstore on Founders’ Day, e Alumni travel discounts @ Continuing Education pro- grams Ine Life, Health and Accident surance programs e Homecoming events, including half-price tickets to the Homecoming game. Young Alumni Day, Dr. Harley K. Adamson, the department presented the WILKIT program of keep the alumni office inIn order to preserve your benefits, nt and martial status. oyme formed of changes in address, empl alumnews information and s form ss Watch for change of addre forms in every issue of COMMENT. _ Keep in touch! chairman Secondary philosophy reading contains packet Each material, a list of text book references for further reading, lists of objectives for the subject matter, critique forms as well as instructions to give lessons, view video tapes, talk with instructors, complete self tests and do peer of educators from all over the world. Participants in the conférence were to divided into groups of about 15 condiscuss various topics of of the was ference in depth. The setting very formal so there was a lot of feed- reviews. and interaction, critiquing back, reported Adamson and Parkinson. "Our program is past the honey stage, moon we've g things, it works and it's worth talkin am about,” said Adamson. The progr thirdbrought special interest from little world countries where there is inor no teacher education. The can dividualized learning approach areas where be used in remote s, teachers have no access to school we libraries or other resources that take for granted. “In Liberia, some teachers have Parkinson sible to learn the material." a He pare using an individualized approach to education as opposed to classroom of settings since 1970 and the dean V. Jones, Richard said.it had proven to be highly effective. said, “Our graduates are Jones widely accepted as well prepared. our about question no There's graduates.” Instead of the traditional classroom proorganization the WSC education gram uses an individualized perfor call they that program mance or Weber Individualized WILKIT, Learning Kits. The idea of the program, said Parkinson, is to set an academic standard for the students and make it their responsibility to meet that standard. said, “If we have meet said, “If students the standard they get credit, if they don't they are recycled until they do. This way it makes the student respon road two-day walk to the nearest dirt city where they can catch a ride to a from where they teach,” said Adamers son. "To teach reading, some teach the have to write words or stories on no chalk board because they have ‘text books." The School of Education has been that, school, Dr. every WILKIT “For said, Jones. there is an instructor. Our instructors spend a lot of time with the students, a lot of individual time." Parkinson said that the students must pass each series of WILKITS before going on to the next. Grading is based on a credit/no credit format rather than on letter grades. some learned : scattered." the and to a gathering of its type in this country and is a very in viable method to develop teaching inThe countries. world third in dividualized nature makes it ideal a country where schools are very Education, and Blaine P. Parkinson, Education, of Teacher director Parkinson Homecoming and Christmas of iS program program the longest running Education held in London in April. state, all of whom have been awarded lence. depth knowledge. He said, “The WILKIT Teacher on Seminar International _ presidents. n The six recipients were chose the from among 50 top students in -hannel th will 5s who make in the Honors have trouble have time to gain an in- Weber's philosophy of competencybased teacher education was one topic discussed at the Fourth Annual Scolarships lagazine hat The arily attracts international attention a set t standard and then help the studen is commeet that we know he or she petent when they finish." The WILKIT program consists of approximately 60 packets of information covering a wide variety of subjects. Students check out the WILKIT material and complete the required work at their own pace. Parkinson said that the students ee who know the subject matter can move at a quick pace while those who “Grades. continued, students with just-comother, each but faculty credit, credit/no with members are free to give extra time for help and we keep the standard steady. That makes more sense.” He said that when the idea was first presented faculty members were a litof tle hesitant to give up the security classrooms for the ap- open more proach of individualized instruction. ‘It took a lot of commitment from the faculty who gave a lot and risked a lot, and it could never have been he done without total faculty unity,” said. Parkinson continued, "We've had a number of schools who have been here and wonder how in the world we are able to do this. Our faculty cannot be given enough credit." and The program started in 1970 other Parkinson, Adamson and two faculty members spent five months in isolation putting together the infor- mation in the packets. Faculty members now spend most of their time updating the information and giving part individualized of the perience. Parkinson student's said that instruction WILKIT the as ex- program has an added benefit of casting faculty members as a resource for the stur a dent's education rather than as judge. He said, “It becomes very clear to students that this is a game of perfor the until ing endur of one not mance, end of the quarter and then guessing their way through an objective test." Weber State College COMMENT June .1984 page 7 |