Smyrna times., 1962-09-27
New Courses
Offered To
Meet Needs

Courses In kindergarten ed
ucation, library science, guild
ance and counseling and school
administration are being Of
fered by the University of Del
aware this year to meet the in
creasingly complex needs of the
Delaware school system.
DR.. Roy M. Hall. dean of the
school of education, said today
that the addition of five full
time and two part-time faculty
members would permit an ex-
banded program and the as
surance of continued high quail
ity.
New members of the school
of education faculty are Pro-
fessors Ralph Duke and Craig |
Wilson, Associate Professor |
Robert Uffelman, and Assistant |
Professors Howard Lamb and
Carl Weinberg.
DR.. Lillian Bachelor, of the |
school of library science at
DreXel, and Mrs. Mary Mer-
rift Lang, of the University of
Pennsylvania, are offering |
courses through the division of
university extension.
The courses in kindergarten
education scheduled for 1862 so
will be devoted to curriculum
theory and methods, techniques |
and aids.
The library of science
courses will deal with school |
library administration and
children's literature.
"These are service courses
designed to recruit certified and
qualified persons for Delaware
Schools" Dean Hall said.
There are no degrees offered
in these areas"
Both the masters degree and
certification are offered In the
guidance and counseling pro-
gram, courses for which are
being taught by DR.. Weinberg.
The university eventually plans
to offer a doctoral program in
this field, Dean Hall indicated.
Similarly, a masters degree
and, with an additional year of
work, certification by the A
merican Association of School
Administrators, are offered
In school administration. DR..
Wilson is the instructor.
1--WE recognize, however, that
the most important business of
the school of education now
and In the future is the pre-
paration of teachers" Dean
Hall said. 81 am greatly en-
couraged by the fact that we
have 50% more freshmen en-
rolled than at this time last
year. Even more significant are
the number and quality of stu
dents at the junior and Senior
level who are definitely COM
mitted to teaching. look for
our student teacher group In
1868 to be the most outstand-
ing the university has had.
Of the new faculty members,
Dean Hall said, mot only do all
of these men have the doctoral
degree, but their credentials,
experience and recommend
atoms indicate that they will
enhance the high standards
which the university sets for its
faculty members.
Professor Duke, a graduate
of the University of Texas, re-
ceived his doctorate at the u
University of Maryland. He has
been a teacher, supervisor and
curriculum director In the pub
Ilic schools and has taught at
various Institutes and confer
ences before coming to Del
aware from Texas where ne is
associate professor of educa-
rional psychology.
Professor Wilson holds de-
grees from East Tennessee
State College, the University of
Tennessee and George Peabody
college for Teachers. In adj
dition to various teaching as
signments, he has been an Air
Force pilot, staff associate of
the Southern States Cooperative
Program in educational admin
istration and graduate pro-
fessor of school administration