Important components of each methods course are the observation of experienced teachers and the peer teaching experiences. This course explains the concepts, materials, and methods needed to teach arithmetic on the elementary level. Innovative techniques and the latest materials are incorporated. This course acquaints the student with the principle theories, procedures, and basic materials necessary to the teaching of classroom art. This course stresses program planning, scheduling, and administration of physical education activities at the elementary school level.
Students gain actual experience under the director of elementary physical education classes.
Topics include fitness, legal liability, and discipline as applied to physical education. This course acquaints the student with the principle theories, procedures, and basic materials necessary to the teaching of classroom music. Using the phonetic approach, this course is constructed to give elementary teachers the skills and methods needed to help students acquire the foundational reading and spelling skills taught in the elementary curriculum. This course is a study of objectives, organization, and materials for teaching history and science in the elementary school. The student reviews basic concepts in physical science, biology, astronomy, geology, meteorology, world history, and geography.