Mansfield University - Carontawan Yearbook (Mansfield, PA)

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Junior High School The Junior High School along with the Elementary Laboratory School is one of the most important buildings on the cam- pus at Mansfield. It is in these buildings that the College Student Teacher first receives the experience of facing a class of students on his own. Besides afford- ing the college students teaching exper- ience in teaching, the Junior High serves the pupils; that is in giving the pupil ex- ploratory opportunities with emphasis on the individual ' s physical, emotional and social life. Through supervision by department heads, the materials and methods of teaching are kept up-to-date in all classes, giving both the pupil and the student teacher benefits. Many activities are carried out at the Junior High School, through the use of the Gymnasium-Auditorium, and a well- equipped Industrial Arts Shop, a House- hold Arts Department, Art Shop, and Library. The Gymnasium-Auditorium is the scene of many activities including weekly assembly programs furnished by different classes throughout the year, as well as the center of many types of sports and musical programs. The Industrial Arts Shop offers opportunities in some degree to pupils along the line of printing, woodworking, metal artworking, tanning of hides, and pot and clay working. The Household Arts Department gives in- struction in sewing, interior decorating and many other homemaking projects. In this department is included the Caf- eteria where noon lunches are served during the winter months by the College Homemaking Juniors. The Library in- cludes many books useful and interesting to the adolescent boy and girl.

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and living. They, the children, now have an opportunity to express themselves in some form of creative art. The teachers utilize such practices as to permit a general air of infor- mality and yet enable them to main- tain a well ordered and disciplined class room attitude. At each quarter the student teacher tabulates each child ' s achievement in a manner rel- ative to the ability of each particu- lar child. Again, we must remember that no word of praise is too great for the supervisors and the part that they play in the growth of the student teachers.

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The Supervisors Caswell Davis, Alger Hancock, Grigsby, Doughton, O ' Brien, Schipbanker The Student Teacher receives excel- lent training and experience, including regular conferences with department su- pervisors, in which are given helpful criticisms and suggestions for improve- ment in classroom technique. The working success of this plan is due to Dr. Retan and his staff of supervisors in the interest and patience shown to- ward the student teachers in making their work more interesting. Supervisors of Special Fields Johnson. Mo Ashenfelter, Marvin