Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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Marshall Plan, MSC style. No, it's not an aid program for Europe, but an aid program for education majors. All elementary and secondary education students are required to do some student teaching to acquaint themselves as students with the responsibilities and difhculties which face a teacher. To increase the effectiveness of this student teaching program, MSC recently established a program which gives the students a chance to actually integrate themselves into the community in which they teach. Marshall, Michigan, was the town chosen for the try-out of this program. Here the student teachers are required to take up residence for one term and become members of the community. While carrying on their regular teaching activities, the students join civic organizations and com- munity activities to give them a broader outlook on teach- ing problems. With the success of the program established, plans have been made to expand it to other communities in the state. All of the School of Education isn't spread across the state. On the MSC campus are many elementary educa- tion, secondary education and physical education majors who are receiving the background necessary before student teaching. Specialized education courses prepare young men and women to teach youngsters how to read and write, how to engage in athletics and how to conjugate Latin verbs. Departments in the school include Guidance and Coun- selor Training, Administration Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Higher Education, Voca- tional Education, and Physical Education for Men and Women. These departments provide specialized training for their students. Student teachers learn how to play with their charges as well as how to teach them knowledge. x 'pdf' x .x x-xt New enrollees in the School of Education meet their instructors at informal coffee hours to discuss courses. 21

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ISI- . 1:4711 The Guidance and Counselor Training curriculum is one of the linest in the school. Considered one of the top live ol' its kind in the nation, the departments courses prepare the future advisors, guidance experts and coun- selors xvho play an ever-increasing part in school and student aliairs. The Higher Education department is aimed primarily at school oliicials who return to the campus for more training for positions in colleges and universities. The Administra- tion Education department trains school administrators. xx A school operation. , WA. .. ln addition to executing programs for its student enroll- L. E ment. the School ol' Education sponsors programs for the benelit of citizens throughout the state. Speakers for Parent- Teachers Association meetings, faculty groups and service organizations are provided by the school. Group work is an important part of education training. A child analysis study provides the basis for this meeting. - .- f tfggtfssyae-553 Q? .4 I X. 3.1 Y 1 I ,...,. zgl l :r mi .mm s ' '16 . . 7 1' X1 X Y Preparing for their role as teachers, education majors practice the tech- niques of using slide projectors. 22 4'v1! 1 tit.-.lwxsxlnii-. 11' I ' I Z Il 1l'1PL'Si.1i-.li , if principals and superintendents in the modern methods of ' Q fl Q '