In the lower grades, “application” takes largely the form of games. In
the upper grades, the industrial and science work is used as the basis.
Practical instruction is given by the shop and laboratory teachers, in
addition to that given by the regular teachers. The special teacher has
his pupils for one hour in the classroom, followed by two hours in the
shop or laboratory where direct application is made of the theoretical
instruction. This extra time is taken out of that assigned to group 4.
The division of time between the various activities in the new program
therefore works out as follows:—
_For grades 1 to 3_:—
Language and mathematics 2 hours
Music, literature and expression, 1 hour
gymnastics
Application 1 hour
Auditorium 1 hour
Lunch 1 hour
Manual work and nature-study 1 hour
Free play 1 hour
_For the other grades, 4 to 8_:—
Language, mathematics, history, geography 2 hours
Science and manual work 2 hours
Mathematics and English taught by shop and 1 hour
laboratory instructors
Physical training and play 1 hour
Auditorium 1 hour
Lunch 1 hour
This is the new program for a school of eight grades. In the case of the
complete school plant, such as those of the Emerson and Froebel Schools
in Gary, with their twelve grades and their forty or more classes
apiece, the program becomes much more complicated. But the division of
time follows essentially the outlines given above, the high-school
classes resembling the upper grammar grades’ distribution of time and
subjects.
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