Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

New Features Added at the
University of Wisconsin.
Institution Offers This Summer for the
First Time Special Work Com
bining Theory and Practice.

First Time Special Work Com
bining Theory and Practice.
Madison, Wis, June 5.-The first
work in the new advanced course
for the training of teachers just
established at the University of Wis
consin will be gwen in the coming
summer session. Present day educa-
tional problems, methods of teach
ing the subjects in the high school
curriculum, and the conduct of the
recitation, considered in the light of
the most important principles OF
educational psyC biology, mental
development and school hygiene
will be discussed. A course in the
administration and supervision of
education, arranged to meet the
needs of those preparing for the
duties of principals or superin-
tendents of public schools, and of
those already engaged in administra-
tive and supervisory work, desiring
to acquaint themselves with the
more important recent develop
ments in the field of public school
administration and supervision will
form another part of the advanced
work. In this work special atten-
ton will be given educational pro-
blems of the small and medium
sized city.
THIRTY TEACHERS COURSES OFFERED
The new advanced course for the
training of teachers is designed to
meet the needs of those students
desiring a special preparation for
their work in the schools of the
state beyond that provided hereto
fore in the regular underg aduate
courses of study. 1t is planned as
graduate work, to be taken either
in a single semester following
graduation, or in two summer ses-
sions, and a special teachers certi-
fcate will be awarded by the board
of university regents for successful
completion of the course By
special action, all graduates of the
university in the past are made
eligible to the advanced course.
A special faculty committee has
been organized for the purpose of
bringing the university into more
helpful relation with the Wisconsin
public schools, correiat1ng and the
previous special courses IN different
departments for those who are
fitting themselves for positions as
teachers, principals, or supervisors.
In the coming summer session
thirty courses in eighteen different
departments will be offered IN the
methods of presenting high school
subjects to pupils
These special courses include
work in botanical methods outlin-
ing the course for high schoo! study;
physics and physical chemistry for
teachers of physics and chemistry;
teachers courses in English, Ger
man, public speaking, French
grammar and composition, physical
geography, drawing, mathematics,
public school music, business educa-
ton. A course in the history of
education in the nineteenth century
has been arranged for teachers, and
the history department offers special
training in medieval history. and
in the methods of teaching history
classes. An interesting course of
Greek literature in English transla-
ton is to be given, and the Latin de-
partment has planned a teachers
course in Cicero, Latin Literature
for teachers, and a third course in
syntax and composition. Those
seeking either the university or
state teachers certificate are offered
special course in general psyche
logy, and a normal course in ply
steal training is to be conducted for
both men and women.
MANY CALLS FOR EXPERT TEACHERS.
The university has many more
calls FOR those especially trained for
educational work, to take positions,
than can be filed from the gradual
ing classes. It is therefore planned
that those in the undergraduate
classes who intend to teach shall be
required to take the special training
courses, which give particular at
tention to methods and problems of
teaching, and those taking the
graduate course shall be required,
in addition, to show special fitness
for the vocation. The theoretical
instruction is now combined with
careful study and observation of
expert teachers, and it is planned
that students shall also have OPP
portunity for practice in the Madison
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