ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 10 CENTS PER COPY CONTENTS. Some interrelations of departments or schools of education, by W. G. Chambers. The results of practice teaching on teaching efficiency, by H. G. Childs............. The results of practice teaching on the pupils taught, by W. S. Gray. Brief descriptions of completely organized systems of practice teaching. Some significant interpretations of the special studies and reports, by Romiett Recommendations of the committee of college teachers of education. 3 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, SIR: Despite the fact that normal schools which prepare teachers for elementary schools learned long ago that "a normal school without a practice school is like a swimming school without water," and that no effective professional training can be given without ample opportunity for observation of the ordinary processes of teaching and school organization and management, and for practice in teaching under expert direction and intelligent sympathetic criticism, few college and university classes, schools, and departments of education for the preparation of teachers for high schools and of superintendents, supervisors, principals, and special teachers made at first any provision for such observation and practice. Their experience has, however, finally taught them that high-school teachers, superintendents, supervisors, principals, and teachers of special subjects need opportunity for observation and practice during the period of their professional preparation no-less than do those who are preparing to teach in the elementary schools, and, one after another, colleges and universities with classes, schools, or departments of education have established some kind of practice or observation school for the use of their students or have made other arrangements for them to do work of this kind. That information in regard to the organization, maintenance, and use of these schools and in regard to results obtained so far may be available, I recommend that the manuscript transmitted herewith on practice teaching for teachers in secondary schools be published as a bulletin of the Bureau of Education. This manuscript was prepared by Mr. A. R. Mead, of Ohio Wesleyan University, as a result of an extensive study of this subject, and has been revised for the use of this bureau at my request. Respectfully submitted. P. P. CLAXTON, Commissioner. The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 5 |