Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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I Department nf l tHtnrg anil burial rtrnrrs The aim and work of this department is to give to its students the real life and spirit of the subject and not the letter. Special emphasis is being put upon the phases of History that correlate with the special phases of the work of our institution. The growth of the department has kept pace with the growth of the institution. Geo. W. Trout, A. B.. A. M., I). D. Ottawa University, Rochester Theo- logical Seminary. IIS

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Harley E. Mitchell, B. Didac. ’06 Iowa State Teachers College. ’ll A. B. State University of Iowa. '13 A. M. Univer- sity of Chicago. Dryartmrut nf flritfpaatnnal (Framing It is the work of this department to study the application of principles of pyschology in the field of education and to apply the same in the work of the Training School. Thus it is the purpose to combine theory with practice. The student is taught to know the child by direct study and observation, to know the home and its environment through the Parent-Teachers’ Association and by visiting the homes of the children, and to acquire the art of teaching by actual teaching in the Training School.

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Eulalia E. Roseberry State Manual Training Normal Kansas State Nor- mal. Special Work Chicago University JfepartuiMtt of Orography The courses in geography have been organized with a view of training teachers to teach of humanity rather than locality; relations rather than facts; why’s rather than where?’; the science rather than the subject matter; to give ability to master geographic environment rather than to be dominated by it. Parker says, “By geography, laws tendenciesand motives are understood. Through it we learn to be merciful in regard to human weakness, and to appreciate all efforts in the right direction.”