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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

2. Special Method.—This course considers how the theory advanced by the course on general pedagogy finds application in the school room. The method o£ teaching each study will be discussed. In company with the professor of pedagogy the students will visit public schools in the vicinity and compare the observations there made; they will also prepare recitations on definite topics. Both they and the professor of pedagogy will frequently hold recitations in the public schools and receive criticisms on the plan of the recitations and the manner of its execution. The desire here is not only to cause pedagogical principles to be better understood by seeing how they are applied, but to give students much practice in planning and criticising recitations in a scientific manner. Fall, winter, and spring terms, half study. Professor MCMURRY. Required: Pedagogy i; or taken with Pedagogy I. 3. Pedagogical Seminary.—The seminary will be simply a round table in which frequently one of the recitations observed in the public school will undergo especially careful criticism. Occasionally an article in some educational journal, a new book on education, or a particularly interesting question in pedagogy will be the subject of discussion. At times the students will be asked to read papers on certain topics, and discussion of the same will follow. Fall, winter, and spring terms, half study (two hours together). Professor MCMURRY.

Required: Pedagogy 1; or taken with Pedagogy 1. 4. Philosophy of Education.—In this course portions of Bain's Education as a Science, Spencer's Education, and other well known works on education will be used as a basis and will be supplemented with lectures. Spring term, full study. Professor MCMURRY. Required: Pedagogy 1. 5. School Government.—This subject treats of the government of pupils, punishments, etc., duties of principal and superintendent, their relation to school boards, to parents of pupils and to their assistant teachers. Spring term, full study. Professor MCMURRY. 6. School Hygiene.—The aim of this course is entirely practical. The endeavor is to enlighten those taking the course upon the best methods to be pursued with reference to the following points pertaining to school buildings: Location, soil, elevation, and surroundings; form of structure, ventilation, heating, lighting, plumbing; equipment, especially furniture; play grounds and apparatus