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WHI Manager: John Gault TBY And DISTRICT Whitby Bureau Office 111 Dundas St. West Tel. 668-3708 High School Teachers At OSSTF Me District 20 of the Ontario Sec- ondary Schoo! Teachers Federa- Ee met at Anderson High ool here Wednesday, Their program consisted of a guest apeaker in the morning, lunch and special subject conferences in the afternoon, The conference was arranged by the Associations Professional Development Committee under Chairman R, S. White of An- derson, The topics which were dis- cussed in the afternoon sittings were transcribed by one of the teachers in attendance, and turned over to Association pub: licity chairman, Mrs. E. P, Rogers, of Pickering District High School. istrict 20 of the OSSTF in- éludes all public high schools from Dunbarton to Oshawa, and far north as Port Perry, , The ens is the informa- tion relayed by Mrs, Rogers: HOME ECONOMICS * Speaker -- Robert Mackenzie, Household Finance, Topic -- "Consumer Educa: tion -- What Should We Be Do- ang About Credit'. * "Consumer Education has deen neglected, The consum 'er does not investigate the preditors contract taeconahiy. "To the consumer the dollar 'eost is more important than the percentage, A consumer can make two comparisons of wharges of contracts, First, a consumer making a comparison smust ask himself if the extra ost is worth what he gives up, Secondly, a comparison of fi- nance charts or contracts with 'the same maturities, * "Consumer education, must be satarted in our schools 90 that "the public can become more in- Yormed." ENIGISH » Speaker: Murray Davis, Crest "Theatre, ' ple: "Drama and the Class. room". * Mr. Davis feels strongly that sthe whole function of a play is "lost if it is taught merely as an- other form of literature, He gees & play as an emotional Yorm which must be understood 4n terms of the emotions, He pointed out that it is by the ex- tension of the emotions as seen that we have an oppor- of influencing our young and them, . Davis of the work the Crest Hour 'which he sees as an Engi laboratory and which he even- 'tually hopes to have as a per- 'manent company touring the whole province. Speaker -- Frank Winter, a + oe Tople -- "The Use of A-V Equipment in the Teaching of y". Mr, Winter devoted himself 'to a thoroughly interesting de- amonstration -- lecture on over. 'head projection, techniques of ncies, source manufactured 'achieved with a projector in geo- graphy, In addition, new 8 mm, tor for movie capsules was demonstrated -- an inex- ive method of showing brief len strips in frames or in se- quence with or without sound, * Mr, Winter remained to an- @wer inquiries regarding sources 'and costs of. supplies, and to aympathize with District 20 'teachers who are forced to op- erate on inadequate budgets. MODERN LANGUAGES * Speaker -- A. F, W. Hodgins, Department: of Education, * Topic -- "Changes in the Cur. Ficulum and Examinations". * In his address Mr. Hodgins Bpoke of the desirability of the examinations reflecting the 'modern trends in teaching for- aign languages, Since some ex- tention of the oral testing pro- am will take place in Grade 43 this year, the practice re- ord was used and discussed dy the group. * Speaking tests will be used at the Grade 13 level when a prac- tical scheme can be worked out.|THE GUIDANCE SECTION In the meantime teachers e@hould assign marks for oral = in all grades, Other- probd-; s related to the oral pro-/ Bram were discussed under the! guidance of Mr. Hodgins, \ MATHEMATI Mr. J. J. R. McKnight was introduced to the meeting by Mr, Harman of Henry Street High School, Mr. McKnight developed the purpose of the Grade 9, 10 and 11 mathematics courses, il- justrating how sets and set no- tation fit quite easily into pres- ent mathematical ideas, At the Grade 9 level many methods of approach were Il- justrated for maximum. clarity and interest to the student. Graphs, which would be taught at the Grade 10 level were clearly illustrated as was their application to the "'set ap- proach", At the Grade 11 level, for the first year or two, the maturity and calibre of students will de- termine the depth to which the teacher may go using the new approach, CLASSICS Speaker -- Prof, B, C. Taylor, OCB, Topic -- 'The Reading of Latin Poetry". The program for the Classics section was arranged by Miss Gail. Williams (Henry Street HS, Whitby) and Mrs, Mabel Hibbard (Anderson HS, Whit- by), the co-chairmen of the roup, Professor Taylor presented some ideas on how Latin might be taught as literature and not just as a translation exercise, He stressed the need to read more Latin, He placed particu- lar emphasis upon the reading aloud of Latin poetry and the session closed with a practical demonstration of how this might be done, DIVERSIFIED OCCUPATIONS Speaker -- Mr, Kenneth Mon- roe, Superintendent of Public Schools, Pickering area. TOPIC -- Some Thoughts on Diversified Occupations. There are two ways to de- cide upon a program, he aaid -- length of timein school and facilities available, Articulation between elementary and tech- nical schools is essential, A peace was circulated and discussed within the group. The cussed; selection, following topics were dis- orientation, ~ [gemar wart and a fol- low-up after uation. Miss Campbell, inspector gave many helpful ideas. ADMIN ISTRATION Speaker -- Dr. H. H. Russell, Soarborough, 1.5 se ves seeses Topic -- "Dropouts and Re- tentions". Dr, Russell dealt with the dif- ficulty of defining a dropout. Suggested as a possible defini- tion, those students who fail to ---- a course they have initiated, He indicated a difficulty in zing characteristics which lead to dropout, He point- ed out the following: Drop out group contains 10 per cent more boys than girls. $$ per cent have been retard- ed one or more years -- how- ever 25 per cent of graduating group have been retarded at least. one fr. | No clear line exists relative) to 1.Q. but average 1.Q, of drop-| out group is 93, | Reasons given for withdrawal) were varied, The one appearing! most frequently was "I don't) like school", Turning to reten-) tion Dr, Russell pointed out that} we are retaining more and more) students in school, In 1918 only| 18 per cent reached Grade 9, By) the 60's, this percentage had) risen to 80 or 90 per cent. | Dr, Russell stated that while} an IQ of 110 or more was prob: ably necessary for the success-) ful completion of High School that the lower end of the skill could be trained as skilled| workers. He thought perhaps) children with IQ's down to 80 or 75 could be taught in this field, To the Guidance teachers Dr. Russell suggested sharpening up the prediction instruments to get the pupils in the right stream. He stressed that their role was advisory and that the parents and pupils must still make the tinal choice. This section joined the admin- istration group to hear Dr, Rus-| | Catharines, etings The Guidance group then ad- journed to the Library where Problems Related to nce and Counselling were discussed, Topics included Sato Results and motivation, SCIENCE The chairman, Mr, Chard of Anderson Street High School paid tribute to the Bell Tele- phone for their generosity in making avaitable to the schools experimental work which has helped advance their equip- ment, Mr, Lowry of the Oshawa Bell Telephone office introduced his co-workers, Mr. M, Allen and Mr, P. Martin, Mr, Martin introduced the new topic "Wave Behaviour" and Mr, Allen demonstrated the "wave machine" model, Mr, Martin pointed out that Bell Telephone workers are parents and are interested in furthering the education of their children. Last year the Bell Company made available the student packet on Ferromagnetic Do- mains, This 1964 experiment on wave behaviour is introduced to fill in a gaps in our high school text books, Many aspects of wave phenomena were de- monstrated by Mr, Allen, Mr, George Leimbach of Can- lab was introduced by Mr. Syl- vestervich of Henry, Mr, Leim- bach illustrated many items of scientific equipment which sim- plifles and more easily demon: strates school experiments both for teachers and students, Phys- ics equipment was primarily on display but he said Canlab tires to develop aids and dis- play equipment usable in' the present secondary Biology and Chemistry courses. COMMERCIAL Panel and Group Discussion The Commercial Program of the Professional Development Conference was conducted by R. E, Smith of Anderson HS. Ancell Blamires (Anderson) outlined the commercial educa- tion program in England, He is perience in the English system, After graduation from Secon- day Modern school (at Ba 18) or from Grammar school (age 18) students take a one or two years course at Technical Col- leges in either the Ex-Secondary Modern branch or in the more advanced Grammar branch, The following are noteworthy: all texts and other materials are supplied to students; lower schools supply milk in the morning as well ag noon lunches; state grants can be obtained to enable students to continue their education beyond age 15; university grants are paid by the state; the trend in the commercial (Technical, as they are called) colleges is toward external examinations, Mr, Bird and John Rowe of IBM demonstrated the '"'Alpha- meric Simulator' (similar to the Selectric model, but with an altered keyboard and an alter.) nate type ball), This model is) slightly more expensive than) the Selectric, but, in addition to} being used as a regular type-/ writer, it can be used for prac-| tising the key punch keyboard. | HISTORY | Speaker -- Norman Sheffe, St.) Catharines, Topic -- Text-books -- Their Construction, Purpose and Em-/ ployment. | The chairman Murray Leslie; of Anderson High School ably inaroduced Norman _ Sheffe, Head of the History Dept, of St. Grantham High School, j The topic to be dealt with, was textbooks for use in high) school classes in history. Here are a few excerpts from the| presentation: j "Even though the department) of. education authorizes a book as suitable for use in the class-/ room it doesn't mean that this) is the only book to be used. "Tt would be preferable to use' knowledge a dying concept in jin his first year of teaching ex-/ DOES INDUSTRY WANT SKILLS? General Knowledge Is It Now Outdated? Is knowledge for the sake of| Ira G. Needles informed the| 'What s will be open? more-than-400 members of Dis-|What s will be required? rtict 20 of the Ontario Second-|What education will be offered? aid Schools Teachers' Feder-|What education will be sub- ation at their annual Profession-|scribed to?" al Development Conference at} He referred to the post-war Anderson High, that modern gpa situation, when he Pg figs n search of speci-|said, employers asked only if a e 8 when persons were|"person could breathe', before ined, hiring him. %) "But they now ask: 'What use can he be put to immedi- ately'?" The teachers were told that employers were now looking be- yond 30 and 40 years in ps He ing workers, He explained that | a with long seniority unwilling to learn new jobs were the bases of "sad experi- ences," because their inability or unwillingness to learn ulti- mately resulted in dismissal or education? Industry, apparent- ly, would have it this way, Industry does not want per- sons with general education, a group of area high school teach- ers were told here yesterday, h his student determine which is more likely to be correct, "Editors and the public gen- =, have criticised the gen- eral lack of historical knowledge among our students, and it would seem that strict adher- ence to the text-book method could be the reason for lack of interest in this information, "The text-book is a useful tool to use in covering the material required but the inspiration of the teacher is the decisive fac- tor in the acquisition -of histor- eal knowledge. Mr, Needles, Chairman of the Board of Governors of Water- loo University, and former Chairman of the Board of the Canadian Division of B. F. Goodrich, also hailed the "Rob- arts' Plan for Education." "Tt allows the teaching of particular skills without a loss of dignity," he said, He opened his address with the query: "What type of em- ploye will be required by chang-|in the closing f a plant. ing industry over the next 20-30-/ "It is difficult to close a 40 years? 3 plant, and then put 400 or so ople- back-.on-jobs,.. because their particular skills no longer fit in with production tech niques, : Mr, Needles, commenting on the present state of the Cana- dian work force, revealed that urbanization and industrializa- tion had reduced the number of farm-workers from 50 to 10 per cent since 1900, The rise of technical methods of farm production, he continu- ed, had increased the need for administration and knowledge of modern agricultural machinery and marketing, He said that the only basis re- quirements for the professions (doctors, lawyers, teachers) were an adequate degree of mental ability, and financial support, Therefore, he conclud- ed, no changes would be in- volved in their fields, "Manufacturing," he said, "has undergone a change due to automation, However would suggest that if automa- tion has decreased the number of laborers, the new improved production has absorbed equal numbers of workers," WHAT BUSINESSMEN WANT Mr, Needles described the businessman's concept of edu- cation, The requirements _in- cluded a "strong, basic core," yo poe pe re a oon ei NY THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday. February 13, 1964 § WA He said that the rapidity of TERLOO PLAN "Manufacturers hire for spe- to his Uni- referred 1 versity of Waterloo and its co-jthe U.S.,"" Mr. Ni operative (wherein the student learns|it? the yaar, ant appliee ft in isioe wR e year, and applies it in «| wei Ww try the other part over a five- pth pl dpe year engineering degree eC education plan course.) He said that plans were forth- coming to attempt the same type re : courses, but not liberal cause, he reasoned, liberal arts|Store Cadet Corps," students could not walk into any business and take on a job. in arts, be- program other This situation led Mr. Needles into a discussion on the prob-|now grabbing college lems of retraining in industry. "Manufacturers are facing -eaineealiaieiniaanatente aan Furniture Interiors Antiques 216 MARY ST. 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