Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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Dr. Albert S. Cook State Superintendent of Schools Secretary State Board of Education • [ 10 ]

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The Lahuratury-Schual Activities in the campus laboratory-school are of two types. One is con¬ ducted on the unit-of-subject-matter-basis, the other on the unit-of-experience- basis. In the first type, systematic study of subject matter is implicit and is, to that extent, traditional as the activities grow out of the logical development of subject matter. The major emphasis is on subject matter as such, and the expected outcome is its mastery. In the second type, systematic applica¬ tion of subject matter is implicit, and hence, the psychological, rather than the logical arrangement of subject matter, is followed. The major emphasis is upon the ability to do something with the subject matter; the expected outcome is its functional unity. Thus the activity program organizes itself around two major objectives, viz., the mastery of subject matter and the func¬ tional units of subject matter. Activities originate from three main sources: those growing out of the actual needs of the school as it performs its function as a laboratory-school, those growing out of the systematic study of subject matter, and those grow¬ ing out of the professionalized courses given by the subject matter specialists. Some examples of activities which have been carried on in the labora¬ tory-school are: The publication of a school paper, distribution of milk to the several rooms, and the broadcasting over WSAL of a play composed by the pupils themselves. One of the chief purposes of conducting activities in the laboratory-school is to give the prospective teacher some preliminary training in teaching an integrated curriculum, as well as to encourage her to integrate her own courses, both academic and professional. T. J. CARUTHERS Director Teacher Training [ 9 ]

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Jefferson D. Blackwell., A.M., Ph.IJ. President • [ 11 ]