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Show u Short Lecture Course Secured For Teachers Dr. A. S. Ban-, Professor of Education, Edu-cation, University of Wisconsin, will direct a conference on supervision and the improvement of teaching in which the Alpine, Nebo and Provo districts will participate on Monday and Tuesday of next week, A general meeting for the teachers will be held at 2 p. m. in the Provo high school auditorium Monday at which time Modern versis the Traditional Tra-ditional School will be discussed. At 7 p. m. the Characteristic Differences Differ-ences between Good and Poor teachers teach-ers will be the topic to be analyzed and discussed. A meeting for the principals of the districts will be held Tuesday at 3:45 in the Provo high school. The principles of good supervision will be the subject material at this meeting. meet-ing. At 6:15 a luncheon will be given in the Hotel Roberts when Dr. Barr will discuss "Curriculum Construction Construc-tion as a means of improving Classroom Class-room Instruction." Following the luncheon a meeting on Planning of Supervision will be held. Dr. Barr states that good supervision super-vision proceeds from clearly defined aims and purposes. It is based upon up-on sound educational theory, is well planned, is the product of good thinking and like good teaching, Is known by its results. Good supervision must be well planned with a clear, concise statement state-ment of the aims and purposes, also of the means, methods, and materials mater-ials by which the purpose is to be realized. Outlining the steps by which this may be accomplished, Dr. Barr gives the following points: fa) Getting the situation clearly in operation. mind, (b) Searching for ideas about what to do. fc) Formulating a plan of action, (d) Putting the plan into operation, (e) Making preliminary evaluations of it. ff) Adjusting the plan to new needs as they are discovered or arise, (g) Evaluating the plan. |