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Show PAGE 36 WEBER ACADEMY Education. Psychology.Chief among the topics discussed are the relation of mind to body, the psychological principles underlying the training of children, and psychology as a study of human nature and as a guide to personal conduct. Text: Briefer Course, James. Five hours per week during the first semester. Elementary Education.Special attention will be given to vital school room problems as well as to the relation of the school to the community. Psychology is prerequisite to this course. Principles of Teaching, by Thorndike, is the text used. Five hours per week during the second semester. History of Education.This course embraces a discussion of the purpose and means of education, the principles of educational systems that have been in vogue, and the evolution of educational thought, showing how the present systems have grown out of those of the past. Seeley's History of Education is the text used. Five hours per week during the first semester. Pedagogy.In this course the science of education is studied in connection with the practice of teaching. Modern ideas and practical school room methods are given due consideration. School hygiene, school appliances, school management and the nature and development of children are treated with some care, and according to the ideas of the best modern authors and educators. Five hours per week during the second semester. WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 37 Physical Science. Physiography.The effects of atmosphere, rivers, oceans and glaciers on the development of physiographic forms, rejuvenescence of rivers, cycles of erosion, transportation and deposition of the waste of the land will be studied. Several field excursions will be made during the fall and spring terms. Elements of Physical Geography by Fairbanks, is the text used. Three hours per week throughout the year. Geology.The course involves a study of dynamical and structural geology with special reference to the developments of land forms. Special attention will be given to the geology of Utah and to the coal and ore deposits in the western states. Several field trips during the autumn months, and the collection and the determination of the more common rocks, minerals and ores are important features of the course. Blackwelder and Barrow's Elements of Geology with collateral reading. Five hours per week first semester. Physics.A study of elementary mechanics and the phenomena of sound, light, heat, magnetism and electricity. Lecture table experiments are performed to illustrate the principles studied. Special attention is given to laboratory work. Each student is required to keep a laboratory note book in which his observations and results are recorded. Visits will be made to Power houses. Three hours recitation and four hours laboratory work per week throughout the year. Millikan and Gale's First Course in Physics and Millikan's laboratory Manual. Chemistry.The fundamental theories of the science of chemistry and the non-metallic and the more |