Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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DEPARTMENT OE EDUCATION HE purpose of the Depart- ment of Education in any institution is to enable the stu- dent to grasp the fundamentals of professional knowledge that are necessary for successful teaching in any field. In a teachers college the Department of Education is the nucleus of the institution about which cen- ters all the subject matter in other courses. I A teacher needs a broad background that he may lead his pupils into the vast fields of knowledge, but he must also know how to adapt this knowledge to the mental level of the pupils in whatever posi- tion he teaches. He must not only know what to teach, but have knowledge of the best to teach. He must know the basic principles of education and no less than the basic principles of teaching. He must know the psychology of the child or the youth and the psychology of subject matter. He must have knowledge of the best methods of presentation to meet the indi- vidual needs of those he teaches. He must know the development of the educative processes: he must know that education is a dynamic process, and for this reason must become profession- ally-minded, must search for the new and when found carefully DORAB SMITH B S Ph B M A CHLOE E MILLIKAN B S M A KATHFRINE FRANKEN B S M A GRACE M SHEPHERD Graduate Kansas State Normal A B M A 010 picturej H R DIETERICH A B M A HoIx1I:R T PHILLIPS B S M A Chairman Pg20 X P I

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IN MEMIIBIAM MR CHARLES R GARDNER Chairman, Department of Music

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but t to basic d no es of the I the y of have ihods indi- ches. ment g he is a this sion- r the :fully His DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION weigh it with the old and select that which is best for the intellectual development of pupils. In our instruction, courses in education offered by the various members of the department are organized to meet the needs of students who desire to specialize in the several fields of teaching: rural, kindergarten and primary, intermediate, junior and senior high school. In each of these fields, courses in methods of teaching are given. Courses are also offered in supervision, ad- ministration, psychology, history and principles of education, guidance and extra-curricular ac- tivities. The college maintains on the campus under the supervision of the head of the Department of Education and various members of the staff, a school consisting of kindergarten and elementary, intermediate, and junior and senior high grades. In the school, each student fulfilling the necessary prerequisite re- quirements, does live hours of teaching before receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. This affords actual experience in teaching under supervisors who are specialists in their fields. MARGARET FRANKEN, B. S. ELIZABETH L. WHITE, B. S., M. A. yigiurej MARY KEITH, B. S., M. A. IRENE SMITH, B. S. A. H. CooPE1z, B. S., M. Ed. h U page 20 LESLIE G. SOMERVILLE, B. S., M. A., Extension Service Page .Zl