University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CLOSED CIRCUIT television is used lo show cducationol students various classroom procedures in Universily high school. High school students operole iho technical end ol the project. 27 UNIVERSITY grade school children listen to tape recorder of foreign language. They arc learning language by the College of Education's experimental method.

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education TV research marks new growth I lie University's College of Iducation was first established lift years ago. At that time it had a faculty consisting of two professors and a part time assistant. I he enrollment of the college was 57 and an average of i6 bachelor degrees was awarded for the first five years. I bis picture presents quite a contrast to today s College of Iducation. which, expanding to meet the rising demand for teachers, now has a faculty of :?y instructors. The present enrollment is :,::7 and approximatclv persons received bachelor degrees this last year. Ihe College of Kducarion is feeling the same growing pains as the rest of the University. In an attempt to alleviate the problem, the college has been conducting research on new teaching methods. Television has been introduced as a means of teaching classroom methods to college students, because of lack of funds, the I V facilities have not advanced rapidly. I xpcri-mentation with this medium should case the load in teaching undergraduates how to become effective teachers. Research is Ijcing conducted to find what advantages I V has over direct classroom observations, what subjects are best suited to I V and w hat things arc best demonstrated on TV. Results at present are only tentative, but a majority of students prefer closed circuit TV to direct observation. University high school students man the cameras and the audio-visual equipment w ith rhe assistance of the University high audio-visual director. Kinescopes of classes in action are planned to be used by future classes in the place of live broadcasts. Another pilot study on teaching methods is now being conducted b the foreign language department of University high school. The study introduces the teaching of foreign languages to grade school children. The method stresses speaking and understanding rhe language when spoken. Reading is not taken up until a considerable amount of the language is mastered orally. Through this study, the department is trying to establish what values will accrue with an early start in tire study of foreign languages. GROUP OF U high students congregate in front of Peik hall. These students are exposed to some of ihe latest leaching techniques which are being experimented with by the College of Education. 26

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WRITTEN cissignmenis for correspondence courses arrive via the US moil. Finished ossignmenls ore then corrected — usuolly by regulor doy school instructor. extension Education is by remote control I'hc University means something different to each of its students. nd for the more than i 0,000 crossing the Mall to classes each day. there is another 5,500 whose school is wholly or partly a study guide, textbooks, written assignments and postage stamps. I he correspondence study department began at the University in 1915. Since then students from Minnesota and all over the world have taken its courses to add credits to a degree program, to train for a job, to supplement day courses, or simply to learn. When one decides to enroll in a correspondence course he first receives the University bulletin and pores over almost oo courses in a variety of fields. I le selects one, maybe two. Next he receives study guides with textbook assignments and questions to write out and send to the department. I hese papers are usually corrected by the suite instructor who teaches these courses in da school. The correspondent student has no deadlines; he may take from six weeks to 1: months to complete one course. At the end he writes a supervised examination to earn his credits. I ligh school deficiencies can be removed through correspondence courses, and with the approval of secondary school authorities, the high school diploma is awarded. While it is nor possible to earn a degree entirely by correspondence, a significant number of credits can be accumulated toward this objective. EACH CARO in this file represent o student enrolled in a correspondence course. These students moy not earn o degree entirely by correspondence, but may apply these crodils toward o degree.