Caption: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950)
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lemocratic way of life, makinj sure that the minds of men an not confused b) Jien doctrine but remain free to pursue the truth. QUESTION 1. HOW CAN Till QUALITY OF Il tCHING BE IMPROVED? r Teaching has at least tour elements the student, the teacher the subject, and the environment Each of these must be idered in plans for improvement. To some extent, each must be chang I if the quality of teaching is to be bettered. It would be comparatively easy to change the nature of the student body at the University of Illinois by adopting highly selective procedures for admission. Tins is a plan followed by some of the great private universities. It would be difficult for a prof- r to teach so poorly that extremely bright students could not learn. The great state universities have wisely chosen a different course. The) tend to admit, to the general curriculum at least, all high school graduates who seek further education. They endeavor to rrv For his part, the teacher is full of questions about methi lology. What can be discovered about motivation? About level of aspiration? About problem solving? About the ways in which youth seek to adjust to learning situations? What is the role of the teacher in O f. ilitating learning? Problems of motivation, learning, and mental hygiene have a parallel in the effe< ts of the environment upon teaching. A university tries to create a specialized type o( environment — an environment favorable to mental growth. Class size, visual aids, laboratorj equipment, field trips, tests, and television ma) be among the variables for student and teacher alike. What ai their ell 1 low n t h e y b e u s e d efficiently? What new d e v i c e s a n d m e t h o d s arc* i. (I In what ways can the methods developed during the war l h translated into * dail) pra< ti< < 'I hi roblem of i ontenl and subject matter ai no less difficult The mon .1 m a n h.uns, the more he can learn; e.uh item 0 knowlcd opens a new door, The plines ( panda in geometric progn Can s p e n d in t h e I n i v m i t ) ope of the intellectual < sciion, Still, the time a student more and I l i m i t e d . M o w . t h e n , i \\\\ mon l put into a i oui in ordci to keep up with the expansion
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