isua-isnscatalog-1882-1883-022

Description:	22INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.IMPORTANT CHANGES.The revised course of instruction now in force contains two im¬ portant and valuable modifications of the old course, under which the school was conducted for several years.One of these is the increased amount of time given to instruc¬ tion in the natural sciences, and the improved appliances, in room and apparatus.The increased interest in this important department and the character of work done during the past two years has proved that the Board acted wisely in making this an independent depart¬ ment, and in placing a competent and enthusiastic teacher in charge of it.The other important change is the increased amount of time given to the strictly professional work of the course. The amount of work required of students in this department is two-fold what was formerly demanded. The result must be that the efficiency of our graduates will be greatly increased. They will leave the school with a much larger experimental knowledge, since they spend^more than twice as much time as formerly in the actual observation and teaching of a school. They not only learn, the theory of teaching, but the art also, and graduate from the school experienced teachers.COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.The recent action of the Board of Trustees in establishing special professional courses of instruction for graduates of Col¬ leges and High Schools, meets with general approval. It is con¬ ceded by all thoughtful persons, that something more is needed than a knowledge of the branches taught in the schools to ena¬ ble a person to teach efficiently. This something more is the professional knowledge and skill which the Normal School seeks to confer. Those possessing the requisite scholarship, can devote their entire time to the study and practice of the art of teaching.The history of education in this country reveals the fact that there have been three grades of qualification demanded of the teacher at different periods. In the first stage of growth of our educational system, the only preparation demanded was that he should know the subjects which he was required to teach.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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