Choctaw High School - Faces of the Future Yearbook (Choctaw, OK)

Page 15 text:

Knowing fhaf 'lhey migh+ some- day need +he abiliiy +o fype, 'rhese sfudenfs sfrived +o learn as much as +hey could in one year. l N STUDENTS' LEARNING Lisiening +o Spanish records by way of earphones was an easy m e+hod of learning. Mariy Hill lislened and lhen +ransla+ed her as- signmenfs. , ,,ae ,-1null HE human mind is noi a deep-freeze for s+orage bu+ a forge for produciiong if mus+ be supplied wi+h fuel, 'Fired and properly shaped, bu+ much depends on +he me+hods used io mold 'fhe produc+. Many differen+ 'reaching me+hods have been used fhis year +o promo'l'e beHer learning. The 'reachers worked +o inspire and encourage a dynamic learning ac+ivi'ry +ha+ never failed +o arouse keen in'reres+ in all subiecis. Some of ihe inferesiing 'leaching mefhods ihaf were used fo mofivafe a s+uden+'s inferesl' were use of a +ape recorder, showing of films, showing of slides, doing research, wri+ing book reporfs, crea+- ing ii+les and cap+ions, composing poe1'ry, preparing scripfs, experimen+ing, reading of newspapers, wri+ing news Hems, playing an insfrumenf, singing individually or in groups, composing music, perform- ing for an audience, lisiening +o o+hers perform, and crea+ing arf. These widely varied iechniques of 'leaching enabled ihe s+uden+s +o be fascinafed, exciied, and infrigued in iheir learning process.

Page 14 text:

mms- Fi 1. mhiefi 'fur' mfs: 2 M . M'- is K 5 X a M MN ., .. V Mi .1 QW, R , -Fw: A V 5 , Q ,L 2 'QQ Q 2 -:av Md - fm,-af' SQL ,- , n 3 S

Page 16 text:

TO LEARN BY DUING S The fop five percenf of fhe science sfudenfs had fhe honor of par- ficipafing in fhe field frip fo fhe Science Symposium. H o m e r Dodd, Paul Shelby, and Chris Polloclc learned facfs by observafion. EARN by doing. This idea was pracficed fhis year in fhe high school curriculum. Some of fhe classes fhaf used fhis idea were cosmefology, mechanical drawing, afhlefics, shop, aufo mechanics, and arf. Many sfudenfs fhaf were inferesfed in fhe same subiecf fool: field frips fhroughouf fhe year. Going fo fhe Science Symposium was fhe mosf oufsfanding field frip of fhe year. Science sfudenfs who were in fhe fop five percenf of all fhe science classes had fhe honor of affending fhis meefing. As an example of fhe concepf 'learn by doing,' in afhlefics a coach would show players plays on a black- board and explain fhe procedure fo be used for fhe plays, Then fhe players would puf fhe fraining info effecf by repeafing on fhe field and on fhe courf fhe movemenfs which fhey had drilled orally. This idea was also emphasized in organizafions such as Fufure Farmers of America, Fufure Home- malcers of America, and Fufure Teachers of America. The members fhaf were in FFA and FHA were 14 required fo selecf a proiecf in a field fhey were mosf inferesfed. Many of fhe members fhaf were in FTA volunfeered fo be sfudenf observers so lafer fhey could repeaf whaf fhey had observed. Sfrengfh and will were Abe Warren's sfimuli which encouraged him fo b l uild his body. .i