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Show J UNIVERSITY PREVIEW • SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY • FALL 1996 21 Teaching: among the most noble of professions G ive a m an a fi sh, an<l he cat fo r a <lay. Teach a m an to fish, an<l he car for a Robinson and the re t of th e ca mpus educa ti o n !acui t y a rc li kely to :.pend ;1 m any lifetim e. It is an a dage as o ld as time itself, and one that hono rs two of humanit y's hours o n the road during an y give n qua rter a t hey arc on campus. most ances tral purs uits. For in learning to fish, m en and wome n fro m a ll wa lks of " We do field wo rk fro m o ur 202 classes o n, " t he departme nt head sa id. life re t urn ed to the ea that gave the m life; a nd in pa sing on t he know ledge of T h is wee k-long iield-ha cd pract icum 1s Just one face t of the SUU teac hl·r pole and n et s t o each uccccding ge nerat ion, t hey paid tribute to life it:.clf. educati o n depa rtme nt 's bloc k program- a n inten ivc quarter-long collecuon of The place of th e teach er ha been an honored and a respect ed o ne in a ll world cou rses and expe rie nces specifi ca lly designed ro im ulatc th e pres u res a nd rewa rds of rea l-life reaching wo rk. soc ie ti es an<l cult ures since the dawn of hi srory. "Students often do n' t like th e bloc k; H um anity lea rned quickly, t ha t without indiv idua l to transfer to a new genera tio n we de mand a lot nf them, and t he tra vel can get expensive," Robin. on said o f th e t he kno w ledge an d w isdo m of t he old, civilizat ion wo uld be doomed to fa ilure; and prugram, a univers ity original. " Bu t we iecl li ke the ex perience lar o ut weigh t he e ntire chapters of t he gloha l lore have been expenses." reserved fo r the lessons t augh t by suc h And that's exact ly t he m es~ag,' SUU's ma ster teache rs as Socrates, Plato, Aristo tle and Contuci us. 1 ·1c hc r educa t ion -,tudcnt!- a, ·? 11 ni ng a-. The SUV departm ent of teacher I through stude nt te.1ch 11 ' irk, a rufic.ni un rcq u i re m enc I h , ti 1d, education m ay not have produced s uch world-reno wned philosophers and mentors p.1rtm ent m ajor.., t.1 king to ht •l.a:kboard a t schools th rnug ot r t he in mind hut the depa rtment an d its facult y are very m u ch in the busine ss of \mc rican West~ man ufact u ri ng ed ucato rs ready to m eet the ' We prett y m u ch allow tht n Ill go, challenges of the teaching role in the 2 l st wi th in reason, w he rever t he) w 1111 to, c,peeia ll y in Uta h, Arizon.1 a d cent ury and beyon d. As the univers ity's oldest a nd most I\Jeva<lH," Robi nson SH id ol tr !-1Udent teachi ng effo rt . cstabli. hed fo rum of instruc ti on, t he " And we as facu lty do a lot ,t tra vel ing department has had a good dea l of t im e to to <;upcrvisc t he student tcac 11n~ perfect its t echnique; and wi t h a dedicated progrn m . Many schoo ls hi re, 1l·rv1sors, fa culty and staff, a host of eager stude nts peo ple who reall y don 't kno \, the kids and instruc t iona l philosophy brimming t hey're s upervising; hu t nm at t h,., w ith ha nds-on experience and real-w orld anxiety, t he depart me nt is proving eve ry bit '>Choo!. Add to these effo rts an inde pendent as d fective a spo t to train m en and wom en 111,1_te rs of Educati on progrnm under th e to fish as t he la kes a nd strea ms of the SUU ha hecom e known as the crnc/le of Utah's teaching corps. planet's a nt iqu ity. • directi o n of D r. Paul Wilford, a nd With headq uarters in th e basem ent of - - - - - - - - - -- -- -- - -- -- -- - - - - - - - - -univers ity exte ns ion program ~ in such O ld Main, the depa rtment of teach er for-fl ung locales as Rich fid d, Sr. Geo rge, educa t io n continues to one of t he insti tution's m o t popular areas of study- bu t and Delta, and the university's depa rtm en t oi teache r edu catio n is well on its way don' t expect to see ma ny of its students hanging around t he facili ty. to fill ing an entire regio n with m en and wome n we ll -versed in th e wa ys o t ocea ns " Part o f our philosophy is that we are a field-based program," sa id Kevin and fish- and m o re than ready to share that knowledge w ith succeeding Robi nson, t eache r educat ion depa rt ment head. ge nerati ons. " Our job place me nt is general ly very high if the st udents arc w illing to re loca te ," " We want to get students out into t he schools as quickly as po ihle and as often Ro binson sa id oi the de partmen t's success. as possible. Many schools prepare their stude nts to be good graduate students; we " We 've see n a lot oi students hired in C lark Co unty w it h t he grow th the re. And tra in the m to be teach ers, w ith the idea t ha t t hey ca n return rn th e cla sroom we h,1ve a lot of sm a ll-tow n students go ing ho m e to work when t hey have tini shed them se lves later on to wo rk o n advanced degrees, " Robinson a id With m ast er a nd ma jor a reas of study in e le m entary, secondary educat ion, ma jors here, and we t hink t hat 's great," said Robi nson. " After all, a big pa rt of our job is to serve these small com munities in sou the rn in special education an d a min o r in readi ng, th e departm ent ha a good dea l of Utah, " h e added. ground to cover in exposing its st udents to real-world experience- and t ha t 's wh y . r------- -----i•••••••••••••••••-TJ !!!!!~~~~;~~,~~~~,~ BE/CIS offers varied options BLICJS students get plenty of m d1v1d ualized instruction. I Stude n t s w ho a rc un dec ided abo u t w ha t to c hoose as a m ajo r sho uld chec k o u t th e Bu siness Education/ Com pu ter In fo rma t ion Syste m s departme n t. " We have mult iple opti o ns a s far as the offe rings fo r the st ude nts," sa id Do ri s Wil lia m son, associa te professor and cha ir o f the BE/ C IS depa rtm ent . According to Willia m son, those students who wa nt tO get a one ye ar certi ficate o r t heir tw o year associa te degree m ay do so m e wo rk unde r the sh ort te rm inten ive t rai n ing as we ll a s in the BE/ CIS depa rtm ent. Stud ent s ca n rece ive a o ne yea r ce rti fica te in cle ri ca l t ec h no logy, medica l sec ret a ry, or m e dical t ran c ript 1o n i t w h ich req u ire a m in im um of 45 cred it ho urs. The medical secreta ry is do ne in part th ro ugh t he ho n te rm intensive training progra m a nd t he me dical tra n cnpt 10111~t 1s do ne ent irely through th e sh ort term in t ensive t ra ini ng progra m . The BE/C IS de part men t offe r two-yea r AAS degrees 111 cc rc tarial t ec hnol ogy, s m a ll b u. 1ne ss m anage m ent techn o logy, offi ce m a nagem e nt tech nology, com puter 111to rma ti o n <;ys te m s- net w ork, a nd co mpmer in fo rmatio n system s-applicatio ns . T hese degrees rc4u ire a mi n imum of 96 cred it hours. ~tu<lent s ma y also work wwards a fo ur-year composit e deg ree in o ne of two s pec ialt y areas: the teac hing s pecia lt y in busine ss teacher edu cation with an em phas is in adm ini st rat ive s uppo rt, m a r ket ing/ basic busi ne ss, o r m icrocomput er syste m s; o r th e no n -t ea ch ing s pecia lt y w hi c h in cludes adm inistrat ive s upport, compute r in fo rm a ti o n syst em snetwo rk ing or appl ica ti ons. A concentratio n in th e business e duca t io n is also ava ilable fo r ele m en t ar y educatio n ma jo rs . The compo ite degree req u ires a m ini m um o f 183 c redit ho u rs. The RE/ C IS depa rtm ent h as had e xcellent place m en t for t hlisc w ho want to wo rk alte r grad uati on , ai d Will ia mson. She contin ued to say tha t of th e ir fo u r year g radu a te s tude nts t he depa rt me n t h as ha d an 83 perce nt place me nt in t he s tu de n t 's fi eld o r a re la ted fi e ld . " We feel very good about the place m ent of our studen t s in the public chool syste m and in business a nd ind ustry ," Will ia m so n sa id . The fac u lt y, acco rding to Will ia m son, a rc all ve ry good. " The stu dents ra re t he t each e rs very highl y," she sa id. Faculty in th e depa rt ment incl ude: Jea n Ada m s, associate professor; LaVon a Ada m , lect ure r; C o nnie N ym a n, associa te professo r; Cora lie Raw linso n, assoc ia t e pro fc s or; a nd Do ris Will ia m so n, associate professor. - |