Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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RURAL EDUCATION If anyone wishes to hove his hands full, let him stand before a group of rural school children v aiting to be guided in geography, history, reading, spelling, and arithmetic,- and then also let him take care of the stove and supervise play periods and noon hours. These are the problems students on the rural education cur- riculum deal with under the direction of Pro- fessor Troy L. Stearns and his co-workers. hieaded by Professor Francis E. Lord, the hlorace hi. Rackham School of Special Education is an outgrowth of the original cepartment of special education which was organized to offer training programs for teachers of handi- capped children. The work is divided into three fields: (1) training for special class teachers, (2) training for occupational therapy tech- nicians, and (3) speech reading courses for adult deafened persons. A graduate program of instruction is offered by the school in co- operation with the University of Michigan. SPECIAL EDUCATION I Quigley Smith Stearns Slovens Back row: Wood Wade Hetmansperger Bunger Lord Bentley Olds Grotton Gildenstien Front row: Morrison Gates Swartwood Miller Quinn Ringman Roser Taylor

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EDUCATION Leslie A. Butler Tis education forms the common mind: Just OS the twig is bent, the tree ' s inchned, — Pope. It is the responsibihty of the education depart- ment, headed by Professor Noble Lee Gar- rison, to guide the development of more capable teachers through such courses as educational psychology, tests and measure- ments, and principles of teaching. Only the prospective graduate can truly appreciate the value of the Placement Bureau which IS headed by Dr. Leslie A. Butler. During the days of practice teaching, students attend critic meetings where Dr. Butler lectures on guiding principles for teachers. Through the cooperation of the bureau, interviews are arranged whereby prospective teachers may meet superintendents and thus sign contracts for positions. o Bacl row; Stearns Marshall Kelder Edson Front row: Smith Garrison Wilber Skinner

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ROOSEVELT TRAINING SCHOOL Not content with the mere job of teaching, the faculty headed by Mr. Leonard Menzl, as principal, at Roosevelt Training School on campus has assumed the added responsibility of training future teachers to put theory into practice. Faculty members criticize, but only in the most constructive sense, because sym- pathetic guidance ' is a more appropriate term than criticism for the life-lines they throw out to the inexperienced students teaching under them. More than one senior has been saved from an embarrassing situation by the advice, judgment, and sympathy of the experi- enced teachers. They con instruct in such problems as how to plan work, what methods are opt to be most successful in dealing with the class and with the individual students, and hew to deal with the most difficult disciplinary problems, which are undoubtedly the hardest tasks the new teacher has to undertake. Another Important phase of practice teaching Is the critic meeting which each critic teacher has with the particular students prac- ticing under him. During the meetings, students receive helpful advice regarding their in- dividual teaching and their relationship A lth the pupils and administration. Group critic meetings are held through each semester in the Roosevelt School Auditorium. After a semester or two of practice teaching and attending critic meetings , the senior students con look back and sincerely thank faculty members who have successfully helped them through their first attempts at teaching. Third row; Wilcox Ryan Boyington McAndless Ashby Gotts Broad Second row; Menzi Todd Phelps Myers Robinson hHetmansperger Goloczynski McCrickett De Boer Front row; North Walker Monroe Chamberlain Meston Lappmen Stinson Cosper Hunt