Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-11-02
UNIVERSITY FOR
TEACHERS BEGUN
NOVELTY ON THIS COAST IS
OPENED IN LOS ANGELES
sELF-cuLTURE AND METHODS OF
WORK TO BE STUDIED
Series of Lectures to Be Delivered.
Stanford and Berkeley Have Been
Asked to Credit Work Done
by Local Pedagogues

street high school was inaugurated a
school for the teachers of Los Angeles.
! This is a novelty to the Pacific coast,
| but Is the rule in the larger eastern
cities, in some of which, indeed, pro-
motions in service and salary ratings
| are based ON progress in this school.
! But Los Angeles will not go so far.
! The course of study for teachers in
this city is an attempt merely to crys-
tallize and put into definite form the
various aspirations of the teachers to-
ward self-culture; not an automatic
method of determining the superiority
| of teacher. irrespective of the many
| indehnable but potent qualities that go
to make up the personal equation,
which counts so powerfully in the social
element of the teachers work. Said a
leading educator the other day; $50
many teachers vegetate but do not
grow after they once feel secure in
their positions"
The University of California and
Stanford university have been re-
quested to so accredit the work of the
school, and there is reason to believe
the request will not be denied since
the instructors secured for the various
subjects are among the most brilliant
and well qualified III the state.
Opened by DR.. karr
DR.. Karr opened the school Monday
evening with the first of his course of
lectures on the Principles of Educa-
ton" His audience showed the deepest
interest in his subject, which he pre-
scented in a magnetic and forceful man
ner. Some of his ideas, strung in the
thread of his discourse, are as follows:
Lincoln and Darwin represent the
two ideas which most influence the
world today, namely. the social relation
and evolution. The one gave the world
the ideal of growth, development, evo-
luton, the other lived and died for a
more just and equitable social relation
among human beings; and out of the
great modern social revolutions. polit-
ical and economic, came the notion of
individuality as shown In social eff
ficiency. This is the central idea of
education today.
1.-The course of study is in the
learner; it is the current Of his being,
the stream of his life.
Education Is a living, not alone q
preparation for life.
chid's Interests Vital
1.-The course of study is to be dis
covered, not made. Its aim will bear a
close, intimate and vital relation to
the aim of life and education in gen.
eral.
1.-THE education of the child should
grow out of his interests. These in
terests are his family, his daily occu-
patton. sense of ownership, religion and
the aesthetic interests. 1t is the duty
of the teacher to discover these inter-
ests as they appear, in whatever form.
direct or indirect, and then give the
best available opportunity for develop
ment.
1.-The aim of instruction should be
to allow the child life process to de-
velop into the larger life process of
the adult in the best and most eco
nomical way.
1.-THE teacher must know children in
particular. just as the superintendent
must know them in general. Both
must be filled with the high and holy
desire and determination to keep the
child alive keep him unity and main
tain his integrity at all hazards. In
his loves, hates. desires, passions and
interests are to be found the main
springs of his life.
Social Problems Important
THE great problem of the present is
in the social question, of which educa-
ton is not only an essential factor
but is the peer Of government, re-
ligion, property and industry. The
problems of labor and capital are
thought problems. and their solution
and general understanding are matters
of education.
at is the purpose of education to
afford the moral character opportunity
and means of developing into the
strongest social unity of which 1t is
capable.
"If Industrial work, manual training,
cooking, clay modelling, sewing, weaV-
ing and all the various forms of motor
education now so prevalent are looked
upon as phases of history. in the sense
of educational development, as ways
conscious of itself they will acquire
the vitality and necessity in the
course of study which they deserve"
Grouped under the following main
heads, DR.. Karr will give his course
of twenty lectures:
Subjects for Course
1. "Organization-Aim, Spontaniety
and Responsibility. Limitations in De-
velopment. Unity Cooperation of In
ternal and External Forces"
2. Moral Character-Permanent So
cial Activities and Interests"
g. Mature of Education-Aim of
Education. It's Social Character"
A. means of Education-Study as
Process and a Product"
5. Course of Study-Choice and Ar
rangement of Subjects. Relative VAL
ues of Different Subjects of Study.
Necessary Relations Between Differ
ent Subjects"
6. Formal Steps in Instruction.
Their Value and Deficiencies"
T. -Four Ways of Studying-Verbal.
Oral and Written: Observational;
Practical"
Discussions, papers and reading
DR.. Moore's course, which will occur
or Wednesdays, Is on Study and the
Course of Study" and win be based on
Professor McMurry's How to Study"
in the teaching of arithmetic, read
ing writing, geography and history,
and taking UP the subject, THE End to
Be Reached by Study" DIR. Moore's
course of lectures to teachers of two
and there is evidence that his class of
this year will be crowded.
To Conduct Psychology Course
On Tuesday DR.. A. L. Gesell of Clark
university will take up the subject
psychology for Teachers" which will
include a survey of the whole field of
psychology, but always with special
reference to the school program and
the needs and interests of the teacher.
The relationship of physical conditions
to mental development will be empha-
sized The matter of 'Child STUDY
clubs also will be considered.
on Thursdays there will be two
classes, Mr.. ]. F. Chamberlain, for
many years instructor in geography at
the Normal school in this city, will
lecture on the subject of the teaching
of geography. He will give two or
three talks on methods, and then will
GOT n axnrasSion Of opinion from his