UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


 EN. 571.-Adult Education in Agriculture. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 Adult education instruction in vocational agriculture, according to the Smith-
Hughes Act, is a requirement of every teacher. Problems of organizing and conducting
adult programs are considered. A local problem facing each teacher will be formed for
the basis of a term paper.
 EN. 572.-Preparing Course Materials and Community Programs in Agri-
culture. 3 hours. 3 credits. Offered 3.
 Basic principles will be considered that each teacher should consider in preparing
his course of study. The same procedure will be followed in designing other types of
community programs. Each student will be required to prepare a course of study and
an agricultural community program for his locality and submit them as term papers.
 EN. 573.-The Supervision of Vocational Education. 3 hours. 3 credits.
Offered 3.
 Designed to acquaint the student with the various national, state, and local super-
visory problems, and suggest plans for solving them. A term paper will be required.

 EN. 575.-Modern Trends in the Teaching of Reading. 3 hours. 3 credits.
Offered 1, 3.
 To help teachers on all grade levels to understand the purposes of teaching reading,
to know the specific skills and attitudes which should be developed, and to become
acquainted with the techniques of teaching them.
 EN. 576.-Laboratory in Corrective Reading. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequi-
sites: EN. 575, or equivalent, or concurrently with EN. 576. Offered 2, 3.
 Intensive study is made of the diagnosis, correction, and prevention of reading
difficulties, in both elementary and secondary schools. Application of the principles
studied will be made in work with individuals and selected groups of children.
 EN. 577.-Problems in Reading. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: EN.
575, 576, or equivalent. Offered 2.
 Specific reading problems such as those encountered in the classroom situation will
be selected for exhaustive study by individuals or small groups. Deals with the teaching
of reading on any grade level.
 EN. 578.-Language Arts in the Elementary School-Skills. 3 hours. 3
credits. Offered 1, 3.
 The latest trends and practices in the teaching of reading, oral and written ex-
pression, handwriting and spelling.
 EN. 579.-Methods and Materials in Secondary Mathematics. 3 or 6
credits. Offered 3.
 Selection and use of resource materials in junior and senior high school mathematics;
current problems in the teaching of mathematics; laboratory experiences in surveying,
preparation of displays, construction of equipment, and examination of films and other
types of materials.
 EN. 580.-Workshop in Economic Education. 3 credits. Offered 3.
 A workshop for teachers of social studies, business education and related fields, and
for supervisors and administrators. Its purposes are: (1) to increase understanding of our
national economy by a study of fundamental principles and concepts, (2) to make plans
for more and better teaching of economic understandings in the elementary and high
schools. The work will be directed jointly by specialists in economics and in education.



The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.