The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-06-02
NORMAL SCHOOL TO
BEGIN HERE JUNE IL
To afford Free Training For Ohio
County Teachers.


free to all teachers; also those who
intend teaching as a profession. III
is intended for all rural teachers
and grade teachers Of the county.
The same credits will be given as
would be given elsewhere for the
same amount of work. In other
words it is an opportunity brought
to your door.
This school will begin the second
Monday in June.
MRS. /. s. MASON, Supt.
Course of Sturdy
The course of study given below
is issued by the state Department OF
| Education for use in all schools
conducted under the law enacted by
the last Legislature, authorizing
the establishment of County Teach
er-Training Schools. 1t is specific
in its requirements in order that the
work done throughout the State in
this most important field of teacher
training may be made uniform and
kept up to a high standard Of etfici-
ency.
All courses offered are of sec
ondary ranl,, ana each major sub
ject successfully carried for six
weeks will receive credit OF u
high school uait. The normal load
carried by IL student will be four
majors and a drill. For the latter
no credit is allowed.
One course in Education will De
required. Students will be expect
Ted to select three additional sub
jects, preferably choosing only one
from a group.
Education
4. Essentials of Teaching. This
is an Introductory course in the art
of teaching and should be taken by
all persons expecting to teach who
have not had a similar course. 1t
deals with the problems of school
organization and management, and
methods of teaching the fundamen-
tai subjects. In addition to the
mastery of the adopted text-the
State Course of Study will be ex-
plained-reference reading will be
required, and wherever possible
demonstration classes will be OBJ
served and methods employed dis
cussed.
Text. Woofter's Teaching in Rur-
al Schools.
2. School Management. A thor
ough study of the adopted text, sup
plemented by reference assignments,
and study of the Kentucky School
Survey Report.
English
I. Advanced Reading. The aim
of this course is to develop apprecia-
ton for good literature, and the
power to read orally with ease and
effectiveness. The selections used
will be taken from Fields Literary
Readings, and the adopted and sup
Elementary texts used in the ele-
mentary schools. In addition, prin-
ciples of teaching students in the
method class will be exemplified and
supplementary reading material
suited to the lower grades will be
considered.
2. English Classics. During this
course one of Shapespere's plays will
be studied intensively with a view
to the development of a refined
literary taste and power of artistic
expression. This work will be sup
plemented by study Of dramatiza-
ton as a means of primary teach
ing. Second term).
&. Grammar. A careful study OF
the text vii be supplemented by
demonstration of the methods OF
handling this subject as studied in
the method class.
Text. Kittredge Y FARLEY, ana
adopted.
4. Composition. This course will
deal with the essentials of written
composition, sentence structure
paragraph writing, letter writing
punctuation, etc. Here again, an
effort will be made to correlate sub
ject matter and method.
Text. Adopted grade and high
school texts. b.
Mathematics
4. Arithmetic. The aim of this
course is to give thorough review
of the essentional principles o.
arithmetic from the teachers point
of view. The class work will Sc
far as possible exemplify the bes'
thought and practice as to content
and method of teaching, and in Sc
daing sunnlamant the work 0f the