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Show 34 WEBER COLLEGE Required subjects: Theology, 12 hours; English, 10 hours; and enough credits in each of the following departments to make the tot (college + high school) 20 credit hours (equals 2 units): mathematics, science, history and language. Courses of Instruction THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY INCLUDING THE TRAINING SCHOOL Professor Winsor Miss Osmond Instructors in other departments offering courses in this department: -, Associate Professor of Biology. William H. Manning, Professor of Vocal Music Aaron W. Tracy, Professor of English. 1. Elementary. Educational Psychology. An elementary course combining the importance of both general and educational psychology with emphasis on instructive tendencies, habit formation, memory association and economy of learning, the effective life and the thought processes. Emphasis will be placed especially upon the significant characteristics of children at successive levels of growth. This course forms the basis of the specific courses in educational theory and practice. Autumn quarter. Four credit hours. WEBER COLLEGE 35 principles of Education. An introductory to the philosophy of education and furnishes a basis for study of the value of teaching. The following general topics will be treated: (a) values of education, (b) aims of teaching, (c) educational institutions and their relationship to the individual, (d) the place and function of the teacher, and (e) educational materials. V. F. Winter quarter. Three credit hours. Classroom Management. A course in the efficiency in the class room. It treats of the conservation of every element in class room organization. The following topics will receive attention: (a) School programs, (b) seating of pupils, (c) heating and ventilating of school rooms, (d) care and use of supplies and books, (e) schoolroom decoration, (f) definite disciplinary problems, (g) value of good management as a condition for good teaching. Tuesday and Thursday. Winter quarter. Two credit hours. 4. Elementary School Curriculum. This course is given in response to the general demand for a greater mastery of subject matter by prospective teachers. The information to be taught will be studied and organized so that it can be taught efficiently. The subjects in the curriculum of the six grades of the elementary school will each receive de-tailed consideration. This course will include, therefore, (a)/a review of the state and city course of study, (b) a study of the sources of information called for by these |