The training of teachers in the United States of America — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
The training of teachers in the United States of America
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_The Arts._--Penmanship, sufficient to be able to explain some
approved system--writing to be submitted to Board of Examiners;
Drawing, a daily exercise for at least twenty-eight weeks--work to
be submitted to the Board of Examiners; Book-keeping, single entry,
seven weeks; Vocal music, elementary principles, and attendance upon
daily exercises for at least one-third of a year.
_Manual Training._
ELEMENTARY COURSE.--SECOND YEAR.
_Pedagogics._--Psychology, embracing the intellect, sensibilities,
and will; Methods; History of Education; Model School Work--at least
twenty-one weeks of actual teaching daily during one period of not
less than forty-five minutes; a Thesis on a professional Subject.
_Language._--The outlines of Rhetoric, together with at least
a fourteen weeks’ course in English literature, including the
thorough study of one selection from each of four English classics;
Latin--Cæsar.
_Mathematics._--Arithmetic; Mensuration; Plane Geometry.
_Natural Sciences._--Elementary Natural Philosophy; Botany.
_Historical Sciences._--Reading of General History in connection with
the History of Education.
_The Arts._--Elocutionary Exercises in connection with the study of
English literature.
_Manual Training._
SCIENTIFIC COURSE.--TWO YEARS.
_Pedagogics._--Moral Philosophy; Logic; Philosophy of Education;
Course of Professional Reading, with abstracts, notes, criticisms,
to be submitted to Board of Examiners; a Thesis on a professional
subject.
_Language._--Latin, six books of Virgil, four orations of Cicero,
the Germania of Tacitus, or a full equivalent; an equivalent of
Greek, French, or German will be accepted for Spherical Trigonometry,
Analytical Geometry, Calculus, Mathematical Natural Philosophy, and
Mathematical Astronomy; Literature.
_Mathematics._--Higher Algebra; Solid Geometry; Plane and Spherical
Trigonometry and Surveying, with use of instruments; Analytical
Geometry; Differential and Integral Calculus.
_Natural Science._--Natural Philosophy, as much as in Snell’s
Olmsted; Anatomy, Descriptive and Mathematical; Chemistry; Geology or
Mineralogy; Zoology; Astronomy.
_History._--General History.
To graduate at a Pennsylvanian State Normal School, students must
attend at least twenty-one weeks. The Faculty first examines the
candidates in all the branches of study; if they find them qualified
they recommend them to the State Board of Examiners, and certify that
they have completed the course of study as required by law, and have
taught the required time in the Model School.