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THURSDAY. OCTOBER U. 19B2 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Changes in Teaching Methods Being Studied by Area Schools By EARL H. ADAMS Mail Tribune City Editor (Seventh In A Series) What changes have been made in the educational programs of valley high schools probably are only a beginning of future, more dramatic changes. While the use of visual aids will continue to in crease, and be of increasing ly greater help to students, and while courses are added or changed to offer a wider curricula, more dramatic changes of the future will be concerned with the method of teaching. These changes will be to flexible scheduling, team teaching, large and small group instruction, the un graded school, and perhaps other methods. E. R. James, superinten dent of Phoenix schools, said "the future for team teaching, ungraded Instruc tion, etc., holds promise." The Phoenix district is studying these teaching methods where they are now being practiced to help determine whether they are adaptable at Phoenix. Studied By Others The same forms of teach ing methods arc being stud ied by the Medford board and administrators for pos sible adoption. In fact, a form of loam teaching is being used In the fifth and sixth grades in many Medford elementary schools. This is done through partial depurlmcnl allzatlon in which strengths of the teacher are accentu ated and his weaknesses are alleviated. Elliott Bccken, assistant superintendent of Medford public schools, pointed out in a report on the team teaching program: "Fewer subject 'area as signments for a teacher sug gest a more effective and enriched preparation in those taught. High personal interest and skill In specific subject areas indicate a high level of teaching per formance. Guidance Aspects "Guidance aspects of the total program become team effort with the home room teacher as the central figure in serving the child," he continued. "Results and accomplishmctns are sig nificant as measured em pirically and hy standard ized tests," Bccken noted. The key to most of these forms of teaching Is flexi bility of scheduling. Willi flexible scheduling, olher forms of teaching methods are more adaptable to pro grams offered. Flexible scheduling Is any variation from the five class periods per week in a spe cific course. For example, instead of offering typing five times a week, it would be offered three limes, with seminars scheduled on the alternate days. This type of scheduling Is adaptable to almost any course offering. Team teaching methods depend upon flexibility . of scheduling. Team teaching, in a broad sense, is utiliza tion of the Individual tal ents of a group of leachers on a cooperative planning basis for the benefit of the students. A teacher whose strength lies in n particular subject can be belter used to improve the instruction in that subject in a team teaching program. Group Instruction Large and small group In struction also depends on a flexible schedule. This type School News Kerby School Six girls have been chosen as yell leaders for this year's spoils activities at Kerby school. They are Janlc Mar tin, Linda Reich, Mary Ann Ziesche, Denisr Gilbert, Mar cia Donovan and Vlcki Campbell. Representative have been chosen for a student advisory council to be known as the Kerby School Activity Stu dent council. Purpose 01 the council will be to take care of the needs of various rooms and to coordinate different activities in the school. The representatives have been chosen from grades 6 through 8. Dawn Grunt, Mary Jane Riggin and Tom Ruzich have been picked to represent the eighth grade; Scott" lias- sen and Linda Mayfleld the seventh, and Mary Ellen Johnson, Mary Beth Allen and Sharon McFadden the sixth. The third and fourth grade rooms will take home a fire prevention check list on a competitive basis. Winners will be presented a special award banner and party by the junior fire marshal and their sponsor, Don Lewis of Lewis Insurance company, C'vc Junction. I of instruction consists, principally, of utilizing the strength of an exceptionally good instructor or a visiting authority on a particular subject. Bccken said "the use of large and small groups (will be) to make greater use of resource individuals, of cer tain interest areas of par ticular teachers, and to pro vide small group experi ences for young people in seminar discussions." The ungraded school is just what is indicated. There are no elementary grades, the students are not pro moter, or failed, and they do not receive report cards. Such a system, theoreti cally, permits the pupil to advance in his educational process according to his in dividual abilities. Ungraded classes have not been at tempted in valley schools, but local school administra tors and boards are watch ing results of ungraded school systems in other parts of the country. Questions About Program The effectiveness of the ungraded sciiool has not been determined satisfac torily for local school offi cials in the few schools which have adapted sucli a program, and there are questions about some as pects of the plan. One of the questions is whether it is advisable for the student to be under the direction of one teacher for several years, as is the case in some of the ungraded school systems. All these forms of teach ing arc related; they are not feasible unless there is flexibility of scheduling sub jects. They represent major changes which probably will be used by an increas ing number of districts, even in the Rogue valley, for their adaptability to the individual district's pro gram is feasible by relative ly minor adjustments. To Be Studied Most of these variations in the teaching methods will be studied in detail by representatives of the Med ford school district, South ern Oregon college and the state department of educa tion as part of a research, in-service training session of the Oregon Project later this month. Teaching techniques at Lexington, Mass., and Nor walk, Conn., will be studied for their adaptability to local institutions participat ing in the $3.5 million Ore gon Project. The project is being financed by a Ford Foundation grant for a statewide program of school improvement and new pat terns in teacher education. Teacher Still Needed Changes in the teaching methods will be made in the future, but to what ex tent is not yet known. But whatever changes are made in teaching methods. in tl"; use of audio visual aids and in curricula, they will be ineffective without the basic ingredient of the educational process - the teacher. Qualifications and de mands of the teacher are steadily increasing, and much of the Oregon Project will be devoted to improv ing the teacher as well as the method of teaching. Schools in the area have, for the past few years, co operated with Southern Oregon college in providing student teachers with some working knowledge of the classroom operation by us ing them during part of the school year as assistants in the classroom. This has been valuable for both the school district and the stu dent. Under the Oregon Proj ect, however, the student teacher will actually be come an intern teacher, re ceiving some salary during the internship. In this way, the student teacher receives experience In class room work. Kennedy To Make Swing Along Coast . Washington - 'I'M' - Plans ! shaped up today for President ! Kennedy to make an inten- sive campaign swing to the Pacific Coast before the Nov. I 6 elections. A detailed itinerary of the President's political travels was expected to 'uc released by the Democratic National Committee today but the ef fort firmed up this way. On Oct. 25, iie will be in Portland; on Oct. 26 in San Diego and Los Angeles, and on Oct. 27 in Oakland and San Francisco. IT U.S.D.A. Choice Bone-in I ,s " (f 0 II 0 ' ' 02i . X, - - , Xrtw-w -"" : Fully aged for peak tenderness j ; , Full cuts. The superb flavor of i ' w k f fv RlBRiil Wi fk PI Cube Steaks ean wasted . ib. 98c ieTlldedva moMaPsr rj I' 11IL IJifii iiPfwJ . Beef Sausage ffyRor,oned' 3$1 . ZZZ1'' pj l USOA Choice, agedbeef;. " Q Sirbin TiP R08St ctS.. 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Can Dole, froien chunks 1 2-oi. sii 245c 2.9c Small Woodlol Tdx Law Now Effective Forest landowners oi Jack son, Josephine and Douglas counties have been reminded by Farm Forester Richard Ol son of Medford that the small woodland option timber tax law is now in effect, and that applications may be made to the state forester for classifi catio nof eligible lands uncler the act. The new law is limited in application to owners of 1,000 acres or less of forest land. It embodies a relatively new concept in timber taxation, that of taxing on the basis of the productive capacity, or earning potential of the forest land. Olson noted. Timc-er oi. lands classified under the act is exempt from further ad valorem taxation, although lands supporting timber more than 60 years of age are not eligible for classi fication. This feature may malje the Maw attractive to owners of timber stands ap proaching merchantable size, who are beginning to feel the increasing tax burden on the growing timber, he said. Interested forest landown ers are invited to discuss the law with Olson, whose office is at 3286 Table Rock rd.. Cen tral Point, or mailing address, post office box 71, Medford, or write to the state depart ment of forestry, Salem. Body of Painter Recovered From River The Dalles - IUPH - The body of William R. Leftwich, 40. The Dalles, was recovered from the Columbia river near the Biggs Rapids bridge Tues day night. Leftwich, a painter work ing on the bridge, plunged into the river Oct. 3 when one end of a scaffold gave way. CALLS FOR OBSERVANCE Washington -(UPH- President Kennedy Wednesday called for public observances from now until next July 4 to mark the 175th anniversary of the signing of the U. S. Constitution. Religion in America THURSDAY. OCTOBER II. 1H1 C 7 Tithing Minimum Obligation, According To Old Testament Bv LOUIS CASSRI.S . k.... .:v.....j i ., k:-..Tj i .. . . By LOUIS CASSELS UPI Correspondent How much will you give your church during the com ing year? Millions of Americans will have to answer that question during the next few weeks as parish churches across the across the land conduct their annual membership canvasses. Some nominal church mem bers will find excuses for refusing any promise of fi nancial support. Others will routinely pledge the same token sums-usually one or two dollars a week-that they have contributed in the past But those who take their Christian commitment seri ously will p;use before filling out their pledge cards and ponder, at least briefly, how much they ought to give. If they turn to the Bible for guidance, they'll find that the Old Testament is very specific on this subject. It says that men should tithe. Tenth of Income Tithing means giving one tenth of your income. The Old Testament docs not treat tith ing as an extraordinarily high level of generosity to be achieved by a few devout pco pie. It speaks of tithing as a minimum obligation, and says that those who full short of it are "robbing God." In the New Testament, tithing is mentioned a few times, in a rather offhand sort of way. Jesus did not need to tell His disciples that tithing was part of the law obeyed with hair-splitting precision by the scribes and Pharisees. What He did tell them was that anyone who would enter the kingdom of heaven must "exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees." tvnen Jesus talked about money - and He did, far more than many church members seem to realize - He carefully avoided any legalistic yard stick for calculating contri butions. He sought instead to focus attention on the deeper ques tion of man's total relation ship to God. In discussing th.it relationship in many of His parables, He used the analogy of a master and his stewards Trustee Comes Close Modem society has no ex act counterpart of the stew ard. In Jesus' day, he was a trusted servant who was placed in charge of his mas ter's possessions, and was held strictly accountable for his use of them. The word "trustee" probably comes clos er than any other in con temporary usage to describ ing the role of a steward. Jesus taught that human beings are God's stewards, and must answer to Him for the way they use whatever time, talents and money they may be given to work with. It is conceivable that a per son could be a good steward in the eyes of Jesus without uu v-ji- v LJV J y$ N . iyir s mm J . contributing a cent to the church. 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The basic research projects planned with the grant in. elude a study of seasonal wa ter use by forest vegetation; nitrogen fixing plants and Western Oregon forest succes sion; and the chemical struc ture of wood lignin. The first two projects listed will continue for three years; the third for two years. The study on seasonal water use of forestry vegetation will attempt to determine the dif ferences in water use by var. ious forest trees. Project lead er will be James T. Krygier, a watershed management spe cialist on the school of for estry staff. Research on nitrogen fixing plants and their role in de termining the type of plants which grow on Western Ore gon forest lands will be con ducted jointly by C. T. Young, berg, forest soils scientist; H. J. Evans, physiologist in the department of botany and plant pathology; and Michael Newton, department of forest management. The orderly development of forest land from one stage of plant cover to another is termed "succession." Foresters have long wondered what part is played by different plants In determining succes sion, it was explained. Prelim, inary studies have indicated that plants with an ability to fix nitrogen, such as legumes like vetch or alfalfa, might be particularly Important. The chemical structure of wood lignin is already under study at OS U's Forest Re search Laboratory and the new grant will make expan sion of work possible. D. W. uiuniit is ill kimi ,.a project In which forest sci entists are attempting to un ravel the chemical secrets of lignin, the substance which holds wood cells together. The special forestry educa tion study, a three-year proj. eel, will be directed by W. F, McCulloch, dean of forestry. Dairy Foods Sliced Cheese Pimento, Swiss. 8-oz. pkg. AL I . -I Van Zee. Perfect for ipreads, unecsc Loar Undwiche..2ib.pkg. Large AA Eggs Cream o' the Crop 35c 69c do, 49c Prices effective Thursday, October 11 through Sun day, October 14 at Safeway in Medford. 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If not conducted during that period, the AEC said, the shot will be rescheduled. BAN SLOT MACHINES London -IliPlu The British prison commissioners today curtailed some of the recrea tion of turnkeys. They banned slot machines from prison guards' clubs. to please any cat all tuna liver'n meat chicken fish meaty mix kidney 'n meat
