isua-isnscatalog-1887-1888-035
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34INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.the threefold preparation indicated is prepared for two phases of
work which should precede bis taking charge of a school, namely,
(1) the study of methods of instruction, and (2) a period of
actual practice, under competent direction, in instructing and
governing schools. To these two lines of work the Normal
School gives great prominence. It has a department of Methods
and a system of Training or Practice schools. Both of these
are under the supervision and direction of the teacher of
methods. In the first sufficient instruction is given to enable
the student to employ his knowledge of the subject and of mind
in determining a rational method of procedure for teaching the
subject. Special attention is given to methods of primary in¬
struction, since in the lower] grades the foundations of knowledge
are laid, and the immature mind has less power to seize and
assimilate knowledge not skillfully presented. The schools for
observation and practice include all grades below the High
School. They are in charge of competent critic teachers, and
the instruction given in them is in harmony with the theories of
education taught in the Normal School. Students are required
to observe and interpret the work of the practice schools during
the time they are receiving instruction in methods, and, in the
later stages of the course of instruction, they are required to
spend a considerable period in actual teaching in each of these
schools, under the criticism of both the regular critic teacher
and the teacher of methods. They are thus enabled to leave
the school possessing a fair degree of skill in the instruction and
management of classes attained by actual experience.The State Normal School, then, undertakes to fulfill the pur¬
pose of its organization by (1) leading the student to acquire a
thorough knowledge of the branches required to be taught, the
professional aspects of the subject receiving attention during
this study (2) giving a comprehensive knowledge of mind (3) the study of the history and science of education, and (4) a sys¬ tem of instruction in methods, and an extended period of obser¬ vation and actual teaching in the training schools connected with the Institution. |
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Indiana State University Archives |
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