25. Elementary Statistics (3)
Methods of collecting, organization, interpreting, and applying data in
quantitative studies in education, psychology, sociology, and biology. The
student will be taught to calculate averages, medians, deviations from averages,
standard scores, measures of reliability, correlations, and prediction formulae;
to portray data in graphic and tabular form; to use statistics in the diagnosis
of pupil capacities and achievemens and in the analysis of laboratory and
research data; and to use calculating machines, statistical tables, and
other short-cuts in handling of quantitative data. Not open to freshmen
except by permission of instructor.
30. Introduction to Teaching (1)
Consideration of necessary personal and professional traits for teaching.
Prerequisite to all credential curricula. Open to second semester freshmen.
40. Library Methods and Practice (2)
For students who are interested in librarianship as a profession.
100. Curriculum in Lower Grades (3)
A consideration of courses of study, their construction and use; curricula
in the San Joaquin Valley; planning educational program, and social studies
in the lower grades of the elementary school. Prerequisite: provisional
approval by Committee on Admission to Teacher Education.
101. Curriculum in Upper Grades (3)
A consideration of courses of study, their construction and use; curricula
in the San Joaquin Valley; planning educational program, and social studies
in the upper grades of the elementary school. Prerequisite: provisional
approval by Committee on Admission to Teacher Education.
102. Reading in the Elementary School (3)
Methods, procedures, and content in the teaching of reading in the elementary
school. Application must be on file with Teacher Education Committee.
103. Language in the Elementary School (2)
Methods, procedures, and content in language, spelling, and handwriting
in the elementary school. Application must be on file with Teacher Education
Committee.
104. Children's Literature (3)
Standards of selection for prose and poetry suitable for children from kindergarten
through grade six. Folk and fairy tales, fable, legend, realistic stories,
animal stories, and poetry. Satisfies 2 units of 12-unit English requirement
for general elementary and kindergarten-primary credentials.
105. Storytelling (1)
Methods and practice in storytelling of stories suitable for kindergarten
through grade 6. Satisfies 1 unit of 12-unit English requirement for general
elementary and kindergarten-primary credentials.
107. Advanced Problems in Teaching Elementary Arithmetic (2)
Planned for teachers in service. Points of view, curriculum, units, instructional
material, and procedures; actual problems worked out with the assistance
of the instructor for grades 1-6. An evening or summer school class.
108. AdvancedProblems in Teaching Social Studies (2)
For teachers in service. Points of view, curriculum, units, instructional
material, and procedures; actual problems worked out with the assistance
of the instructor for grades 1-6. An evening or summer school class.
109. Audio-Visual Education (2)
Survey of the types of materials and equipment with emphasis upon the
use of each in the classroom. Laboratory work will include training in operation
of equipment and appraisal of films and other materials. The course will
be adapted to meet the needs of class members. Required for kindergarten-
primary, general elementary, junior high school, general secondary, and
junior college credentials.
110. Educational Psychology (3)
Applies principles of psychology to learning process. Native capacities,
differences among individuals, heredity and environment. Kinds, theories,
and laws of learning; suggestions for improvement of learning process. Recent
investigations of personality.
111. Mental Hygiene (2) (See Psych 111)
113. Growth and Development (2)
Study of the child from six to IS years with emphasis oil organismic growth
changes and factors influencing these changes. Principles of growth; interrelatedness
of growth; physical, motor, social and personality growth; perception; imagination;
language development.
113F. Field Work in Growth and Development (1)
For students in 113 desiring direct experience with children on playgrounds,
in organizations, and in other various recreational activities.
114. Psychology of Elementary School Subjects (2)
Experiments and investigations in reading, arithmetic, spelling, hand- writing,
grammar, social studies, fine arts, physical and health education.
117. Mental Hygiene of Children (2)
(See Psych 117)
118. Child Guidance (2)
Basic principles, techniques, and procedures in child guidance. Discovering
and meeting physical, mental, social, and emotional needs of elementary
school children making guidance an integral aspect of child guidance.
119. Psychology of Preschool Child (2)
(See Psych 119)
120. Adolescent Psychology (2)
(See Psych 120)
124. Psychology of Guidance (3)
(See Psych 124)
125. Advanced Statistics (2)
This course is designed to increase the student's understanding of the
use of statistical aids in the solution of educational, psychological, sociological
problems through a study of the mathematical and logical derivation of statistical
formulae learned in his* first course. He will be encouraged to analyze
statistical studies found in magazines, government reports, and books, and
to plan, conduct, interpret, and report research studies of a quantitative
nature. Open only to upper division or graduate students. Prerequisite:
Educ. 25 or equivalent.
126. Measurement in Education (3)
Objective measurement of capacities and achievement of pupils; diagnosis
of difficulties, and plans for remedying; evaluation of school programs;
construction of informal, objective examinations and criteria for selection
of standardized measuring instruments; Practice in planning and administering
a measurement program; administrative, classroom, and guidance uses of objective
measuring instruments.
128. Individual Mental Testing (2)
Terman-Merrill Revision of Stanford Binet materials, manual, and their
use in a guidance-testing program; standardization; basic procedures in
administering and interpreting results,; educational and guidance use.
130. Extra- Instructional Activities in Elementary Schools (2)
Various activities of teachers that lie mainly outside the curricular fields
or that have important extra-instructional phases. Prerequisites: provisional
approval by Committee on Admission to Teacher Education.
131. Observation and Participation (1-3)
Directed exercises in observation and participation to prepare for teaching,
reveal personality problems, and provide basic experiences for interpreting
theories developed in parallel education courses. Campus demonstration school.
Prerequisite: provisional approval by Committee on Admission to Teacher
Education.
132. Directed Teaching (4-12 hours)
Directed teaching in city schools under supervision of teachers, principals,
and college supervisors. Weekly conferences with supervisors. Prerequisite:
full approval by Committee on Admission to Teacher Education.
134. Advanced Student Teaching or Observation (1-4)
Work in addition to the regular assignment designed to offer broader training
or to provide additional time for growth.
140. Elementary School Administration (2)
Survey of practices of elementary school organization and control. Pupil
personnel, child accounting, teacher assignment, school plant, equipment,
curriculum and materials of instruction, special and auxiliary agencies,
public relations and general details of elementary school.
141. Legal Aspects of Education (2)
Means for extending educational opportunity in the state. The system of
public education in California.
142. Supervision of Special Subjects (2)
Emphasis upon supervisory techniques which can be used to improve instruction
in special subjects. Relationship of special supervision to general supervision.
144. Federal, State, and County School Administration (2)
Federal control and aid in education; State organization, policies, and
methods of control, revenue and apportionment; County as local or semi-local
agency of State-County organization and control.
146. Elementary School Supervision (2)
Organizing the supervisory force. The place of the principal, general Supervisor,
and other special supervisors in an adequate plan for supervision. Emphasis
upon pupil needs, curriculum problems, and the teaching personnel. Application
of well established psychological principles; modern teaching techniques,
and comprehensive child accounting practices.
147. History of Education (2-3)
Evolution of educational traditions and practices. Foundations which underlie
western civilization and modern school systems.
148. History of Education in the, United States, (3)
Sources and development of modern American educational theory and practice.
Understanding and appreciation of educational development and reorganization
now in progress.
150. Nursery School Education (2)
Study of two-, three-, and four-year-olds. Health; free play; habits of
cleanliness; food and eating; rest and naps; language, stories; music; arts;
the nursery school staff; the plant; the equipment.
150F. Field Work in Nursery School Education (1-2) (See Home Ec. 150F)
151. Education for Citizenship (2)
Problems of citizenship by means of interviews, lectures by community leaders,
field trips to community institutions and activities, discussions resulting
from trips, studies by students of community problems and government and
of literature pertinent to citizenship. Emphasis upon becoming acquainted
with American life through direct experience, reading, participation, and
group discussion.
152. Educational Sociology (2)
Scope and methods of educational sociology and the part education may play
in the solution of social problems. Practice in applying the methods of
educational sociology to the classroom, adult education, and other situations.
153. Curriculum Development (2)
Technique of curriculum development. Principles, and backgrounds of
curriculum, organization for curriculum development, scope, grade placement,
selection and teaching of subject matter. Guidance in actual course of study
construction.
154. Adult Education (2)
(See Sociology 154)
155. Vocational Education and Guidance (2)
Basic principles, practices, and materials in vocational education and
guidance. Place of vocational education and guidance in the educational
program. Consideration of vocational and occupational information.
172. Philosophy of Education (2)
Building up a philosophy of education to interpret and evaluate educational
functions and processes. Major philosophies of education; biological, psychological,
sociological, and historical foundations of education; principles underlying
modern education.
173. Secondary Education (2)
Development of secondary education in America, comparison with other systems,
objectives of American system, its chief administrative characteristics,
curricular and extracurricular features, articulation with other school
divisions, types of students served, methods of instruction, guidance, community
relationships.
174. Guidance in Secondary Schools (2)
Discovering and meeting needs of secondary school students. Guidance
as an integral phase of instruction. Principles, procedures, and techniques
in counseling, and in individual and group guidance.
175. Early Childhood Education (3)
Problems involved in teaching young children, with emphasis on pupils
of kindergarten and first grade levels. Needs of young children, natural
incentives and motivation, classroom control, environment, general problems
of administration, daily programs, outcome and standards in kindergarten,
the teacher's personality and ethical standards, unification of the work
of kindergarten and first grade.
176. Modern Trends in Education (2)
Recent trends in educational objectives; selection, elimination, and
revision of curricular materials; cooperation between community agencies
and school ; methods of instruction; use of visual, auditory, and other
sensory aids to instruction ; psychology of learning; development of personality;
educational and vocational guidance; and measurement.
178. Education for the Consumer (1)
Merchandising and advertising practices. Desirable and undesirable qualities,
and methods of determining them, in foods, household supplies and appliances,
petroleum products and motor cars. Procedures for obtaining good values
in purchasing.
190. Special Problems (1-5)
Independent study of approved problems of special interest.
239. School Finance and Business Administration (2)
Methods of securing financial support for education; characteristics
of a good tax and a good tax system; equitable apportionment of school funds;
methods of determining the abilities, efforts, and needs of school districts
in the support of education; the school budget; accounting for school funds;
analysis of school costs; the school audit; financial statements and reports;
salaries of school employees; management of school indebtedness; purchase
of school sup- plies; management of school property; federal and state aid
to education; general principles of school finance. Lectures, special readings,
laboratory work, research projects, reports.
245. City and District School Administration (2)
Principles and practices underlying city and district school administration,
district policies, organization for administration and supervision, types
of organization, teacher selection and assignment, public relations, adult
education, and expansion and building programs. Admission by permission
of the instructor.
253. Developing the Secondary School Curriculum (2)
Foundations of curriculum construction; chief purposes of and trends. in
contemporary secondary schools for American democracy; problems in and resources
for planning significant secondary school experiences.
280. Organization and Administration of Secondary Education (2)
281. Supervision in Secondary Schools (2)
300. Methods and Materials in Secondary Teaching (2)
Psychological and social foundations of methods; instructional aids and
resources for teaching in the- student's major field; comparison of newer
and traditional practices; classroom organization and management; evaluative
techniques. Accompanies Ed. 331. (Refer to 300 course listed in each field
not offering a special secondary credential: e.g. English-Speech, Social
Science, Biological Sciences, and Physical Sciences.) Prerequisite: provisional
approval by Committee on Admission to Teacher Education.
331. Observation and Participation in the Teaching
of Biological Sciences in Secondary Schools (2-3)
Directed exercises in observation and participation to prepare for teaching,
reveal personality problems, and provide basic experiences for interpreting
theories developed in parallel education courses. (Refer to 331 course listed
in each field not offering a special secondary credential.) Prerequisite:
provisional approval by Committee on Admission to Teacher Education.
332. Directed Teaching in Secondary Schools (4)
Responsible teaching of secondary pupils, achieving fulfillment of certain
teacher functions and responsibilities; one each, elementary psychological
case study and community survey. (Refer to 332 course listed in each field
not offering a special secondary credential.) Prerequisite: full approval
by Committee on Admission to Teacher Education.
For methods and professional courses in special departments, see department
concerned.