Msta Quarterly Review

Author : Michigan Education Association
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230102245
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book M. S. T. A. Quarterly Review written by Michigan Education Association and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... Language. Grades 7-l2. Training in oral and written expression and in the arts of appreciating the printed page and the spoken word, including survey courses in the foreign languages from which English is derived. The term "Social Arts" is used here to designate: (a) The Fine Arts (Literature, Art, Music); (b) Ethics; (c) Studies in the Current Problems of Government, Society, Science, and industry; (d) Instruction and Work in Thrift, Safety, Charity, etc.; (e) Drives for various worthy school, civic, and social purposes; (f) current events; (g) etc. (4) Social Sciences. Grades 7, 8, 9, I2. (a) Survey of Civic Life and institutions. (b) American History, including its Euro pean background, U. S. geography, and its social and economic problems. i (c) Civics. (d) Problems of Democracy. (5) Exact Sciences. Grades 7-9 (a) Applications of Arithmetic, Algebra. and Geometry. (b) General Science. (c) General Geography. (d) General Bookkeeping. (6) Vocation. Grades 7-8 (a) Shop and office experience in many fields, including Household Mechanics for boys and Household Arts for girls. (b) Definite vocational training for pupils who cannot remain long in school. (c) Foreign Language training for pupils whose ability and prospects render such work desirable. (7) Vocational Electives. Grades 9-l Z. The foreign language courses suggested for (Z) will have to be worked out experimentally on a small scale previous to being put into operation. The purpose is not to study Latin. Greek, French, or Spanish for the sake of those languages but for the sake of English. The products expected are a better command of the English vocabulary; skill in translation, which means skill in composition; and some insight into foreign health, home, civic, leisure, ...