isua-isnscatalog-1873-1874-041

Description:	STATE NORMAL SCILOOL.41OUTLINE OF THE IDEA.First—Students enter by examination, and are classed according to ability and attainments.Second—Students are led to a thorough understanding of the sub¬ jects which they are to teach—i, e., if they have the capacity and energy to master them if they have not, after a fair trial, they are kindly notified that it will be better to try some other occupation.Third—Study of the mind.(a) Classification of its faculties.(b) Their relation of dependence.(c) Their products.(d) The law and order of mental development.Fourth—Education.(a) Its nature.(b~) Kinds (1) physical (2) intellectual (3) moral (4) aesthetic, (c) Methods by which each kind is secured. Fifth—Examination of School studies, with a view of determin¬ ing what parts of each subject are products of the different facul¬ ties, and from this stand-point determining the order of presenting the different subjects, and the methods of presentation at different stages of mental development. Also, the relative value of the dif¬ ferent subjects as matter of useful information, and as means of discipline.Sixth—The Idea of the School. (a) Its origin. (&) Its necessity, (e) Its true ends.(d) Its proper organization to meet these ends.(e) Its relation to the progress of civilization.Seventh— Observation and Practice in Model Schools by the Students, (a) Observation till the student can accurately report andinterpret the meaning of each exercise. (6) Practice in teaching under criticism until the student can plan and conduct recitations and manage classes efficiently.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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