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IV a PAGE Talent for Teaching is by MARSHA BANGERT Nebraskan Staff Writer The door opens on. the first grade classroom at Prescott School. Pupils immediately perk up as their "special treat" from the University o f Nebraska walks in. In this case its a tall, slim girl, a senior ki elementary education who is enrolled in the Talent for Teaching program. "It's really memorable to see the enthusiasm of the children when you walk in the door of the classroom and their eyes light up," Lynn Taylor, chairman of the program, recalled. "The pupils act as if you were a special treat." Talent for Teaching gives sophomore, junior and senior teaching students the op portunity to get in the ?wQtofiJVLINC0LM VCT779 434-7421 54th 4 0 Street M 1 1 1 1 UCiAALJ U DUU CL IS, QUITE I' 7 VHP ftPAV a r nil- iipm nr.iiii:nrj tn r i a niuhiiinnii I'VE SEEN THIS MWMikiwi wmn umm A MIKE HRS 1 AUNARKIN HStPHHUtll inaiAuiiriira n MRrWMtll. ftOMNtKIUMtW. IMMHtCMfltMn. JDCKGUFMS. lUCKNCWr MIWWMT MTHSNrffUllS HIKjlMlfWW, mwmik mww i ORSON WELLES m "o mi mm w ummm t mm mmai MATINEES SAT. yrny 432-1465 NG5' 13th 4 P Street 1 - - s& f X ;. mmimmmsm? "JSIAWWNG MM OXUA Mm- UXKWOOO SOtflNAr sumfy nun n on urn ...c mxuao ano OMtcrio tr swwt KuencK sun FRIDAY AT 2, 4:30, 7 an 2 classroom and '.'find out what teaching is all about," Charles N. Godwin, the group's faculty adviser and an assistant pro fessor in elementary education, said He added that this program helps the student get into the classroom before the student teaches. Student teaching is usually during the senior year. "Students like the experience of being in the school system," Godwin noted. "And it's almost too late if they're student teaching and then discover that teaching just isn't for them." The program, originated during the 1963-64 school term, has "mushroomed" in participation, the adviser said. According to the Talent for Teaching handbook, the pro- it HE TONIGHT 7 AND 9:30 ENDS SOON! IOMI 1 DOORS OPEN AT 4:30 PJM. nn SIMPLY; mim a man mm YEAR! Vinctnl Ctnbf, n. r. nms mtnmn mm FILM (R) AND SUN. J "MOVE" ENDS THUR1 STARTS FRIDAY! met- J iwnavwjn" and meiaooxok hcm Q 3 9:30 fJtt. I gram started with 75 students aiding in two Lincoln elemen tary schools. This semester 190 students are participating in 29 schools including two junior highs and one Beatrice school, Godwin reported. He also noted that Wesleyan University has a program with about 100 students involved. The success of the program is also indicated by cooperating teachers who were "even will ing to change their schedules so that they could work with Talent for Teaching person nel," Taylor said. She explained that the volunteers are often used when the study or activity requires more individual attention. "The student volunteer can sometimes give the pupil en couragement he couldn't get from the teacher," Taylor said. "Every child wants to be noticed." Working with an individual child who is having difficulty in some area is also rewarding for the Talent for Teaching stu dent, she added. "You're working with a child that's had difficulty and then ''jsr n sr? a . When you've someone lo share we have a ting set lor to share. IVY III Stittini Lincoln Sinct i w "o" smn KtSTfMD JtWfltKS AMERICAN MM THE NEBRASKAN 'special suddenly he gets it," Taylor said. "There's that look of 'oh, yes' on his face." Barry McDevitt, a former Talent for Teaching volunteer and now a fifth grade teacher at Havelock School, has viewed the program from both angles as a student and now as a cooperating teacher. "The program really strengthened my conviction about wanting to teach," he said. In the spring of 1967 McDevitt worked as a Talent for Teaching student at Saratoga School which included children from Cedars Home. He said that this "un derprivileged and special seg ment of the community broadened my insights into the way children work." "These kids did away with my stereotype of children and brought me back down to earth," he added. McDevitt explafned that even though college students have spent years in the classroom, they quickly lose touch with new ideas in education and what children are really like. As a cooperating teacher mm found your dream the two ot you lonn 190t 10CMTY WEDNESDAY 0 treat' with his Teaching own Talent for student, McDevit said that more evaluation the student would be helpful. "It's supposed to be a learn ing experience for students" noted. -I think the cooperating teacher should make a stronger effort to give the student some feedback." But while he believes in the instructor-critic concept McDevitt also strongly main tains that the program should remain voluntary without of ficial grades. According to Taylor, the drawbacks of the program relate to the people involved students who fail to meet their responsibilities and teachers who fail to let the college studentsdo anything worthwhile. 6 "It's not enough for the stu dent to sit and cut paper for a bulletin board the whole time," she said. "That's just doesn't work." English course booklet published The Department of English has published a 29 page book let of course descriptions of all courses at the 100 level and above. The booklet includes statements by the instructors of course requirements, class room format, tentative book lists and general information. Copies of the booklet will be distributed to all living units, the main library, and to de partment offices in the Col lege of Arts and Sciences. The purpose of the booklet is to provide students with course information before sec ond semester registration. IN PERSON A KIMS RADIO PRESENTATION FRI. NOV. 13-8 P.M. EXTRA ADDED TEAGARDEN And VAN WINKLE ALL SEATS RESERVED $3.50 $4-50 $5.50 (Tax ladtfiiew) PURCHASE TICKETS PERSHING TICKET OFFICE 12 TILL P.M. Office 12 till 4 p.m. Daily raadtis. Miller Paine, Dwwatewn, Gateway Man tf emery Ward, Treasure City, World Ratfie Richman Oaca'we), Record Deott. DURING STORI HOURS . NOVEMBER A. 1970 .