PAGE 28 WEBER ACADEMY mester and the writing of one act plays will give the student opportunity for further analysis during the second. Open only to students who have had English 1, III, and IV. Class limited to ten students. Four periods per week throughout the year. Six hours' credit. EDUCATION Prof. H. A. Dixon Educational PsychologyA discussion of the organizations which are developed in the nervous system and in consciousness through school training, and of the facts of learning in general, including memory practice, formal discipline, etc. The development of the child from infancy through adolescense is followed. Four periods per week, first semester. Three hours' credit. Principles of EducationA study of the meaning, scope and aim of education. Methods of learning involved in various school subjects; corresponding methods of teaching. Four periods per week, second semester. Three hours' credit. Review of the Common BranchesThe purpose of this course is two fold; to review the subject matter of the courses given in the elementary schools, and to give instruction in the methods of teaching these courses. Four periods per week throughout the year. Six hours' credit. History of EducationA brief review of mediaeval social life in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries is made and a brief survey of the development of vernacular schools in mediaeval cities. The following topics are then studied; the influence of the reforma- WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 29 tion upon the development of school systems and practices; the development of modern social forces, including nationalities, vernacular literature, natural sciences, and democracy; the consequent and gradual secularization of social life and education; the revolutionary development during the nineteenth century in public elementary-school systems and elementary-school practices. Four periods per week throughout the year. Six hours' credit. (Not given in 1917-8). Training and MethodsThis course consists in observation and practice teaching in the Weber County schools. All work will be done under the supervision of the director of the Normal School and the County Superintendent and his supervisors. Students will be required to attend the County Teachers' Institutes as well as special critic meetings held at Weber. Sufficient additional time will be spent in class work to fulfill the requirements of an eight-hour course. The methods of teaching in the Elementary schools will be considered in these class discussions. Training is primarily for second-year college studentsit may be elected by first-year college students who find it necessary to teach before they complete the Advanced Normal course. Science of EducationProf. Edward S. Thorndike says: "A scientific study of education faces five problems, namely, those of aims, materials, means, methods, and results of education." This course is a study of the above problems with special emphasis on the results of education. It is required by the state for a Life Diploma. Four periods per week, first semester. Three hours' credit.