people to turn the best of th eir devo ti on, abi liti es a nd training into a r ea l pr epar a ti on for thi s se rvice. Our co ur se is built on the a bso lute convi cti on that the B ibl e is not on ly the in sp ir ed 'vVo rcl of Go el , living and dynamic today, but a lso th e ri chest, mos t in spiring and most practica l sou rc e of teaching material to use in teaching the child , with th e further con viction that th e methods used shou ld be wo r thy of ou r task and of our tru st. T o rece ive the dipl oma o f thi s course r equires three yea r s of \\· ork. In the second a nd thi rd yea r s, except by spec ial a rr angement, the classes in Chri st ian Education a r e open only to st udents working fo r this diploma. The pr ac tical Chri s tian work assignmen ts fo r these years will as far as possible be linked up with the class room in s tructi on . It is a imed to keep the' secon d a nd thi rd year classes small, in or der that a trainin g as nea rly as poss ibl e ap prox imating normal tr a ining may be g iven , an d that there may be opportunity for indi vidual experience a nd development. First Year Same as General Course. Class in Chri st ian Education I. two per iod s per week . Second Year Specialization work in Chri st ian E ducation fo ur per iods per week. A lso Synthetic Bible Studi es, Origin and DeYe lopme nt of the Christian Re li gion, Doctrine :md Chur ch Hi sto ry. Third Year Specializat ion work in Ch ri st ia n Education three periods per week. Also minimum of 10 additi onal hours from the r egu la r and electi\·e studi es of the third yea r: Psychology of the Chri stian Religion, Public Speaking, Origin and JJeye]op111ent of the Ch rist ia n R eli gion, l\ ew Testament Gre ek, ".li iss ion s, r,[usic-Conducting, l\otation, etc.
DESCRIPTION OF SPECIAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASSES
First Year- Two Periods Per Week First Semester - First Half
Religi ous Pedagogy.
First Semester- Second Half The Lif e o f Chri s t. Special e111p ha sis on adaptat ion to ,·arious ages and story telling values. Second Semester - First Half Gene ral Study of the Pupil. Second Semester-Second Half Teaching \-;dues of the Old Testament. Brief study of O ld Testament Geog raphy . Tlistory and Literature, with mate ri al eya ]uated for different ages .
Second Year- Four Periods Per Week First Semester
Specialization ,York in the Elementa ry Di,·ision-Beginners, Primary and Juni or. A s tudy of th e cha racteristics of the d ifferen t ages, with methods of teaching based on th ese cha r acteristics . Thi s course includes obge r vation \,·ork in Sunday Schools, pract ice teachi ng under criticism, and re\·ie\\·s of so 111 e of the best books dea lin g with these depa r tments . Second Semester Specia li zation work in the Seconda ry Di visio11- Inte r111 ediat e, Sen ior an d Young People. A study of th e psycho logy of th e ea rl y, miclcll e a nd lat er adolescent periods, with work as out lined above for the Elementary Divi s ion.
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