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    EDUCATION 486-4
    (Special Topic)
    STUDENT TUTORING AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
    Fall Semester 1977
    Instructor: Dr. Arthur Elliott
    CALENDAR DESCRIPTION: The process, structure and educational
    outcomes of student tutoring in the elementary
    and secondary school.
    RANGE OF TOPICS: ?
    - The history of student tutoring and its
    advocates: Comenius, Joseph Lancaster, Montessori,
    Thelen, Carl Rogers, Bronfenbrenner.
    - Family grouping and student tutoring in
    the British Infant School.
    - Modes of student tutoring including peer
    tutoring and cross-age.
    - Research findings with respect to educational
    outcomes namely; student achievement,
    attitude toward school and self-image.
    - On-going programs in student tutoring in
    the Lower Mainland of B.C.
    TIME:
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    - Tuesday: Lecture 16:30-18:20 AQ 5014
    Seminar 18:30-20:20
    REQUIREMENTS: ?
    (1) Seminar participation
    (2) One field trip and study of an on-going
    tutoring program.
    (3)
    Term paper.
    TEXT: ?
    Gartner, Alan, Kohler, M. and Riessman, F.
    Children Teach Children: Learning by Teaching.
    New York: Harper and Row, 1971.
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    COURSE OUTLINE EDUC. 486
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    INSTRUCTOR: DR. G. R. EASTWOOD
    Tuesday 4:30 -
    8:30
    P.M.(Commencing September 14) Room Educ. Bldg. /12
    Course Title
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    Special Topic: Identification and Utilization of
    Divergent (Creative) Thinking.
    This course is being offered to both upper division undergraduates
    and graduate students. The latter will be required to do some work
    additional to that set out below.
    Enrollment is limited to 20 students.
    Course Content and Objectives
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    A review of concepts of human intellectual ability
    that have influenced educational policy and practice.
    2.
    Rather intensive study of the impact of scholars such as
    J. P. Guilford and E. P. Torrance on concepts of intellectual
    ability.
    3.
    Development of familiarity and some competency with the
    use, of materials deigned to identify divergent thinking
    ability.
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    Emphasis on the utilization of these materials and on the
    means whereby divergent thinking ability may be encouraged
    in school classrooms.
    Course Organization
    The class will meet from 4:30 P.M. to S:30 P.M. every Tuesday
    commencing September 14, 1975. A supper break will be taken about 5:30 P.M.
    The pre-supper periods will be devoted to lectures by the instructor.
    The post-supper periods will be devoted to seminar discussion
    and a workshop with the materials. These materials are drived mainly
    from the work of E. Paul Torrance.
    Course Requirements and Student Evaluation
    1.
    A final examination of about 2 hours based on lecture material.
    2.
    A term paper - a review of some aspect of the topic and the
    pertinent literature.
    3.
    Completion of a mini-research project using the materials.
    All these will be discussed in greater detail during the
    initial class meeting.
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    Text Books and Suggested Reading.
    No Text has been prescribed but papers and books will be made
    available by the instructor.
    The following are highly recommended and should be studied
    early in the course.
    Every effort will be made to have ample material on reserve
    in the library.
    E. Paul Torrance, Rewarding Creative Behavior Experiments in classroom
    creativity, Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.
    E. Paul Torrance, Editor, Talent and Education Present Status and Future
    Directions, The University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
    E. Paul Torrance, Constructive Behavior: Stress, Personality, and
    Mental Health, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., Belmont, California
    Jacob W. Getzels and Philip W. Jackson, Creativity and Intelligence
    Explorations with Gifted Students, John Wiley F, Sons, Inc. London and
    New York.
    Edited by B. Paul Komisar and C. J. B. MacMillan, Psychological concepts
    in Education, Rand McNally) F, Company, Chicago
    An extensive bibliography is being compiled and will be
    available from the Secretary of Graduate Programs (Mrs. M. Hibben).
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