Old Dominion University - Troubador Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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The long awaited Education Building on Mall ready for fall of '69. centration in distributive education. Since June, 1968, numerous papers have been published by members of the secondary education depart- 1 ment. Dr. Karl Garrison and Dean Franklin Jones jointly wrote a book which was published in May, 1969. Classes in Educational Psychology used copies of Dr. Magoon and Dr. Garrison’s Psychology of Human Development. This department also had its share of guest speakers. Mrs. Anna Dunn Lea from the Ledger Star and Virginian-Pilot spoke on the teacher’s use of news media in instruction; Mr. David Jones and Mr. Walter Brewster from the Personnel Department of the Norfolk City School Board, discussed how to apply for teaching jobs and procedures used in selection. ODC student teacher assisting pupil at Larchmont Elementary School. 25 ACADEMICS

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ACADEMICS Dean Jones Leaves r- The department of elementary education of the School of Education required its majors to study the basic college courses as well as courses in methods. Fifteen semester hours of student teaching were also required. Early childhood, mental retardation and library science were the areas of concentration offered. The department, headed by Dr. T. Ross Fink, added several new faculty: Mrs. Maxine Cochran, Mrs. Audrey Crandell, Mrs. Catherine Forbes, Mrs. Pauline Wise and Mr. Norman Schaab. The department sponsored several speakers this fall including Mrs. Ruth Allen, Director of Counsul-ting Services for American Education Publishers, who instructed prospective teachers in how to incorporate the Weekly Reader into a lesson. The secondary education department added three new instructors this year, creating a full-time staff of eleven. The new full-time instructors were Mrs. Nina W. Brown, Mr. Paul Grob, and Mr. Carl Helwig. Dean Jones served as acting chairman when secondary education was established as a department in 1964. Dr. A. Rufus Tonelson became the first permanent chairman last fall. Originally the only two areas of concentration were the science and romance languages. This year, the field expanded to include a con- R. Jones, Dean of Education. A.R. Tonelsor Chairman of Secondary Ed T. Ross Fink, Chariman of the Elementary Education Department 24

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ACADEMICS The Child Study Center gives student teachers and other students an opportunity to observe children in kindergarten. Dr. Alice M. Powell, Chairman of Early Childhood, with a kindergartener. 26