According to the Illinois Secondary School Curriculum Program the purpose of the school is "to provide learning experiences so that the needs of youth and the requirements of society may be met effectively. The methods for achieving such an end, that is, the proper selection of learning experiences to best meet youth and societal needs becomes a basic task of curriculum construction."Perhaps it is first advisable to consider adolescent needs before studying techniques and methods for meeting those needs. From studies made in the State of Illinois the following appear to be paramount needs of youth.
In 1940 it was decided to carry the work further by making a three-year cooperative study of developments in science teaching in selected high schools in various parts of the country. The schools selected were those in which good work in science teaching was already being carried on, and in which the school administrators were interested in encouraging further developments.One teacher was chosen by the administrator in each school to represent that school, to carry to the Bureau reports of work being done, and to keep members of the school staff in touch with materials and ideas developed by other cooperating schools and by members of the Bureau staff. The representative was to be freed from approximately one-fifth of his regular teaching duties in order to carry on this work. In addition he was to attend summer workshops at which representatives from all of the participating schools would meet to discuss common problems and to make plans for continuation of work in their schools.Representatives from the cooperating schools met at Columbia University in the summer of 1940 to formulate plans for work in their respective schools. As these plans have been carried out, new courses and revisions of courses have been made. New techniques have been developed and new classroom materials made available. In several schools cooperation has de-323
The experimental class at Arsenal Technical was planned for tenth year students, since the majority of students selecting Botany are sophomores. These students studied English III, a composition course, the first semester, and English IV, a literature course, the second semester. Except for two students whose programs could not be satisfactorily arranged for the second semester, the class remained intact.
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