James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Children Will Play Susan pours cookie mix all over her blouse. Tom pouts as he studies the remains of his castle made of blocks that Julie just walked through. Xo, this is not Anthony-Seeger. This is just one of the many classrooms in the Building of Education and Human Services where students transform into both children and teachers of children. The building itself was completed early in 1980 and houses the department of Education, Speech Pathology and Audiology, and Library Science and Educational Media, along with several clinical components, arid classrooms. Several of the rooms on the third floor are utilized by English 101 and 102 classes or other departments that need the space. The second floor, however, specifically serves the department of Library Science and Educational Media. The Education Media Lab itself takes up most of the floorspace. The lab provides teaching majors, teachers, and general students with school materials to examine, production areas to prepare class assignments, and services for instructional equipment. Education majors themselves tend to live on the first floor of the building, where most of their classes are located. One Speech Pathology major explained, It is like attending class in a one room schoolhouse; I have sat in the same seat of room 128 for at least three hours a day for the last two years! Two particular rooms act as laboratory environments for future preschool and elementary teachers. Both oj the classes are specially designed with large cabinets, tables, and plenty oj open space. Room 103 contains ovens, stoves, and sinks to allow experimentation with developmentally oriented activities for the education of young children. The students test their 198 Education Building

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Upperdassmen prove that lines still exist (lop far left), but once inside, the wait for one of the few terminals (far left) is a fairly short one. Once at a terminal, Robin Cronmng (left) waits for the computer to approve her name and ID number before entering her preferred schedule. Conflicts and problems still exist for some students (left center and bottom left), but they are more easily spotted on a computer screen. Meanwhile, a triumphant Roland Fields exits (below right) obviously approving of the speedy new computer system. Registration 197 •

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Through a two-way mirror, obsen ' ers may watch speech pathology therapy sessions; these provide a sendee to the community as well as tram students (far left top). The Education Media Lab (far left center) also provides semices by making sources available to Education majors that are not available in the library. Early Childhood majors Virginia Elliot and Karen Grande (bottom far left) try out the child-size painting equipment in room 103 and Jay ne Redelman (left) experiments with finger painting. Education majors in room 105 (top right) also learn to teach measurement by trying out a lab themselves. In a Libraiy Science class, Mrs. Inez Ramsey (above) teaches through games during a Halloween party. skills and learn new ones they will later ask of their own pupils. Projects include blocks, cookies, job description boxes, and various arts and crafts. The second educational laboratory, room 105, is designed for the instruction of teaching methods related to language arts and mathematics. After learning the techniques of teaching on the first floor, some of the students put their knowledge to use in the clinic areas of the ground floor. The Child Development Center, Reading Center, and the Speech Pathology and Audiology clinic use the various facilities to engage their students in active session procedures. All of the lab experiences relate to the instructional technique and materials as well as to the diagnosis and remediation of reading, speech, and hearing problems. An average of fifty children per semester attend and learn from these centers. The Education building is truly an open learning center for the entire campus. Handicap facilities such as the elevator, outdoor ramp, and door handles enable easy entry for all. The clinical and laboratory components from the child development, reading and speech pathology clinics to the sound proof booth units of audiology teach aspiring professionals techniques and serve the community. Dr. Charles W. Blair, department head of Early Childhood and Elementary Education summarized, The new School of Education Building has provided in one location, facilities which are uniquely designed to support a variety of teacher education programs. The development of the facility has been beneficial to both students and faculty. Education Building 199