What agencies have been employed with the expectation that they
would improve the school?
What are the reasons why some of these have not accomplished
more?
Give instances in which the conservatism of teachers seems to
have stood in the way of utilizing the element of human
interest.
What do you think of a teacher who asserts that no important
advance has been made in educational theory and practice since,
say, 1910?
Make an outline of what you think a college of education should
do for the school.
What would you expect to gain from a course in school
administration?
The president of at least one Ohio college personally inspects
and checks up the work of the professors from the standpoint of
proper teaching standards, and has them visit one another’s
classes for friendly criticism and observation. He reports
improvement in the standard of teaching. How is his plan applicable
in your school?
A city high school principal states that it is not his custom
to visit his teachers’ classes; that he knows what is going
on and that he interferes only if something is wrong. What do you
think of his practice? How is the principle applicable in your
school?
Do the duties of a superintendent have to
do only with curriculum and discipline, or have they to do also
with teaching power?
What are some of the ways in which you have known
superintendents successfully to increase the teaching power of the
teachers?
What things do we need to know about a child in order to
utilize his interests?
Distinguish three types of teachers.
What are the objections to teaching the book?
What are the objections to teaching the subject?
What are some items of school work upon which some teachers
spend time that they should devote to finding materials suited to
the child’s interests?
Can one teacher utilize all of the interests of a child within
a nine-month term? What is the measure of how far she should be
expected to do so?