State Elementary Teaching Credentials. In order to give the students an adequate liberal arts background it is necessary for the student to plan on five years for the completion of this course. The total number of semester hours required is one hundred fifty-eight (158). Of this number one-hundred twenty-four (124) must be liberal arts courses while thirty (30) must be Bible and Doctrine, according to the requirement of the Accrediting Association of Bible Institutes and Bible Colleges. Students must make application to the Education Department before the com pletion of their sophomore year, and must have completed two-hundred (200) service hours of teaching young people in Sunday schools, camp counseling pro grams, Boy or Girl Scouts activities, etc. Applicants must maintain a 1.5 scholastic average, prior to the junior year, and must fulfill physical and personality re requirements before being officially accepted by the Qualifications Committee. Students must complete one year of observation and participation, and must have eight hours practice teaching credit (288 teaching hours) under a qualified supervising teacher in the California Public Schools before being eligible to receive an Elementary Teaching Credential. The Education Department is cooperating in the State Outdoor Education Pro gram under the auspices of the Garvey School District. Students who are qualified to participate in this program are permitted to attend Camp Paivika from one to two weeks functioning in the capacity of Junior Counsellors. This program should be carried on during the regular practice teaching session. Requirements for a Major in Education. The requirements for the major include Education 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 401, 403, 405, 406. In addition the major is required to take Art 101,102,301, 302; Bible 104, 107; Doctrine 401, 402; English 410; History 205, 404; Library Science 301; Music 341, 342; Physical Education 301, 302; Psychology 208, 301, 408; Science 101, 102, 301; Sociology 202; Speech 101, 102, 314, 316. 301. PRINCIPLES OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. (2) A general course covering the background and necessary qualifications of a teacher, rural and urban classroom organization and management, curriculum, discipline, P .T.A., teachers' organizations, school district services, safety, in-service training, teacher tenure, county, state, and federal aid. Prerequisite for all Educational Methods classes. 302. AUDIO VISUAL. (2) A study of audio visual techniques applicable to the teaching process in the elementary schools. The operation of 16 mm. projectors, opaque projectors, over head projectors with tachistoscopic and microscopic adaptors, tape recorders, slide and film strip projectors, three dimensional bulletin boards, dioramas, montage, collage, panoramas, models, tableaus, pantomime, shadow play, and puppetry. 303. INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION. (2) A survey of the purposes, organization, and spirit of American public education, particularly as it applies to elementary schools, examined as contributing factors to the development of America. 304. HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. (2) A course designed to examine education in terms of the long view and in historic medium from times of Greek civilization to the present. Acquaintance with the great educators and with the major streams of educational theory, together with modern philosophies of education. 36
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