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
.