University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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flDofcel Department. H. J. Tromaohau er. Int. Pept. Bertha M. Knight . Second Primary. Jennie G. Marvin. Principal and Critic. Jennie William . First Primary. (Grammar Dept.) Per i K. Miller, Assistant Principal.

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 Kroner D. Onion. Nancy M. Datta. Zbc faculty. Harriet Cecil Magee Harriet K. Clark. Adolph.it II. Stage. Jotcpfciee llendmoo. Jatia K. Marvin. Grace Howard. Henry N. Ooddard.

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■ Tl?e ROSE C. SWART. (fiodel Department. THIS department consists of four rooms and comprises nine grades of pupils, the first and second primary and intermediate rooms having two grades each, and the grammar room three grades. Each room is in charge of a principal and critic who divides her time between teaching classes and supervising practice teaching. The department as a whole is under the supervision of the inspector of practice. The model department enrolls about 2.to pupils. Each grade is sectioned, and the pupils are taught in classes of ten or twelve. The number of practice teachers enrolled for the last two quarters of this year was ‘Hi and 84 respectively. The department offers an opportunity to practice, not only in the-common school branches, but in drawing, music, gymnastics, physics, bookkeeping, algebra, geometry, the sciences, and Greek. Homan. English, and French history. The aim in the practice work is to make practical teachers who will adapt their teaching to the needs of their pupils and seek solid educational results. The effort is therefore to establish principles of pedagogy and illustrate them in practice, rather than to follow specified •• methods.