This course has been designed to expose the education major to practical experience in the local Christian school under the supervision of a principal or classroom teacher. The course requires spending a minimum of 45 hours spread over 10 consecutive school days working at the school in actual teaching responsibilities along with a variety of other projects. These courses are offered during Interterm and normally can be taken in the vicinity of the student's home. Various teaching responsibilities such as Sunday school classes, children's church, youth groups, sports teams, etc., may be acceptable in meeting the requirements of this course. Students receive theory and practice in cataloging and classification principles using the Library of Congress system of classification, the Dewey Decimal classification, and Sears list of subject headings.
Emphasis is placed on the small library.
The nature, principles, and use of testing as an appraisal of learning and various nontest and informal evaluation methods are surveyed. Samples of various mental and educational tests are examined by students. Junior or senior, and a major in the Division of Education. This course includes a survey of microcomputer operations, general applications, and applications specific to education. The course deals with enhancing a teacher's personal productivity and enhancing classroom instruction by using microcomputers.