Show County Programs Reviewed By Board of Education At a recent meeting of the Davis County Board of Education Education Education Edu Edu- cation Dr John S S. White Supervisor of oC Secondary Education Education Education Edu Edu- cation in the Davis County School gave a review on the Social Studies and Language Language Language Lan Lan- guage Arts programs of ol the district and how the programs programs programs pro pro- grams have improved in quality ty over the past several de dec dec- ades He brought forth what the student has gained in knowledge and adaptability during these last years STUDENTS leaving high school today have greater personal personal personal per per- human resources to help them meet the problems of oC an adult world with its man many changes They have a better belter concept concept concept con con- of ol Self and are more confident of what the they are arc aiming to accomplish They have better tools at their command can analyze information quicker and with more understanding The stu stu- dent understands the how howit it is written and can spot bias or slanted coverage cove IN TilE THE language arts program program program pro pro- gram more efficient communication communication communication skills have been ac ac- ac- ac A student can write read and spell He lie can communicate communicate communicate com com- more efficiently than ever before Some of the factors that have contributed to this improvement improvement improvement im im- im- im provement are better and more flexible school buildings buildings buildings build build- ings better departments and individual class rooms and provisions for both larger and smaller group activities are available the surroundings are more pleasant THE TilE INCREASE of more and better libraries throughout through through- out the county with a greater variety of information available available avail ail able has been a contributing factor The improvement of Audio AudioVisual AudioVisual AudioVisual Visual equipment in com compari compari- compari pari- pari son to a decade ago with its many more kinds of materials materials materials ma ma- and equipment available available avail ail able to the teachers with an excellent distribution system system system tem and a good repair system system system tem in operation have been extremely valuable to both the teacher and student IT ALWAYS comes right back to the teacher as the individual who carries the responsibility Today's teacher teach teach- er is better trained more capable understands his part particular cular field better and understands the learning process process process pro pro- cess better plus having many kinds of resources available that were not supplied in in previous years The National Council forthe forthe for foi- the teachers of English have done much along with the state and local chapters to foster greater excellence in inthe inthe inthe the classroom VARIOUS kinds of in sen ice training have helped teachers Some have been sponsored by the Davis County County County Coun Coun- ty School District some by bythe bythe bythe the State groups and some by the national organizations Teachers have individually improved their skills and knowledge through academic year activities scholarships Continued on page 2 School from front page and in many other individual efforts THE AIM of these programs is to produce literate loyal American citizens It has always been about the same in this respect Language Arts provides the communication skills plus much more in the way of human understanding through literature and other activities while the social studies teach understanding of how governments governments govern govern- ments function the history of mankind something of the geography of the world alook a alook alook look at what is known of the universe and so on THROUGH all this the schools aim to produce good citizens who realize that the American free enterprise is not perfect but it is still the very best system devised by man that it is a system that can be changed but that down burning or tearing is not the way to do it The rights of American Citizens are taught as well as the responsibilities In the final analysis it itis itis itis is the teacher who does the teaching and when quality is improved it is the teacher primarily who does it All the other factors work in in support of the teacher Preserve Preserve Preserve Pre Pre- serve our way of life and pass it on REQUIRED social studies subjects are grade Utah History grade world geography grade U. U S. S History to the end of the Civil War grade U. U S S. S History from Reconstruction to th the e present and grade world history FROM HERE on there are ar armany e many electives American Problems cology Sociology Economics Econom Econom- ics and Advanced Placement Placement Placement Place Place- ment History MANY OF these electives are taken by the graders There is some variation inthe in inthe inthe the upper grades depending on faculty and school In Language Arts in junior junior jun jun- high school there are two periods back to back of about 43 minutes for Language Language Language Lan Lan- guage Arts Elements of the program are handwriting reading spelling grammar composition both written and oral punctuation and literature IN HIGH school all of these elements are present in the programs plus U. U S S. S English English Eng Eng- lish world literature speech drama debate advanced placement and college pre pre- Variations depend on the school and faculty a It has been said by educators educators edu edu- and many agree that thata a high school education is today equal to a college education education education edu edu- cation of five decades ago |