Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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Student Teaching The Campus School Like ham without eggs would be an education department without a campus school, the teaching laboratory for edu- cation students. The M. T. S. C. Campus School serves pros- pective teachers by providing a place for them to teach in grades one through eight. With a teacher who holds an M.A. degree or more for each grade, the campus school also has the advantage of a controlled enrollment. The school serves, too, as a situation to be observed by students in the lower division education courses. Strange and amusing events are sometimes observed, as was the case when one third grade girl came running up to her teacher to report that she had been called a bad word by one of the boys, but this little girl didn ' t know whether she should tell the word or not. Well . . . she hesitated, it starts with a ' e ' . Unable to hold it any longer the little girl burst out, He called me a ' ediot ' ! Page 28— Curriculum

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Dr. Bealer Smotherman Dr. Finis Poole Education Department all the areas of the elementary teacher ' s responsibilities. Miss Mary Hall is the recognized campus authority on ele- mentary education. However, there are education majors offered for the M.A. degree. The major may be in either Administration and Supervision or in Curriculum and Super- vision. It looks like Drs. Womack, Martin, Raper, and Pittard might be conspiring to overthrow the rest of the college. Or maybe they ' re hearing a new joke as told by you-know- who. Dr. Smotherman may be viewed in his natural sur- roundings, the field of audio-visual aids. Drs. Moore, Abbott, Greever, and Beaty are hard at work outlining the policies (and pansies) of their department. ■ Dr. R. E. Moore, Dr. Abbott, Dr. Greever, Dr. Beaty Curriculum— Page 27

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Student Secondary Practice Teachers, Margaret Beasley and Julia Wright Student Teacher, Mike Botsei THEY GD FORTH TQ TUCH MT S C THROU STl OENT TtACflE Central High School For the future secondary teachers the college has a cooperative program with Central High School of Murfreesboro, as well as with several other high schools in the surrounding counties. All education students are now being urged to take full-day stu- dent teaching if at all possible. It is believed that this set-up provides the closest resemblance to the actual teaching situation which is the purpose of the department. Secondary Teaching Supervisors, Dr. Beaty and Dr. R, E. Moon Curriculum— Page 29