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Show 29 The most distinctive te.tur$ of the elemenbary divis1.on of the Ogden sohool Sif$tem i$ it. oganllatlon With one axcept1on, every ele platoon plan. is programmed. on the platoon in school ogdn ment{(ry plan-and for sound. educational reasons. To our way ot thinking th·platoon typ. of organiza tion pX'ovidGS a bet tel' set-up fot' the X'ealizs.tion of the on the administrative objeotlvs of education than an,. othe. ind.1spensible needs of ·any schoo1 sya tem U"$ I Ii The pr-ogreasive philosophy. adeq'Qate teaching ability, homogeneous gJ'oup1ng of pupils. proper selection and arrangement of oUrricular material, and such atten tion to the physioal environment 4S to insure the \f{e find these maximu:m health of pupils and teachers. enriched cur to the obtain twough objeotives eQsier rioulum and. sp&oial instruction inherent in th$ pla toon sohoot opgenil1at1on. The platoon sTstem o'pe;r'$lt,ing in th$ Ogdm $ehoQls attempts to povid& expert teaohing ability for all the subjeet$ in the ourriculum-at a coat nob greater .... . Musi6 is than that found in atl7 tra.41tional set .. up. our of schools a person especially by tQught in each trained in that art and enthusi_sticQlly active in ruruhering it. eause, The same is te in the f1eld. of physle·al e,dueation. auditorium. natuFe· $tudl, art and library_ No subject in a platoon 1$ negleoted j'ust be cause the teaehe:ft of that olassroom is, through wrong temperament, c lack of tti'ainJ..ng_ unable to teaoh it J)X'operly. $UGb. a QonditiQn makes it possible lH) de velop a gX'atly enriched cttl?ieUWl with mOPt) than a. fair astnxranC$ that n1\itoh Q£ it will t ••ell the ohili. Fo'!" exaltlple, ·every building has its awn MUsic room. ifhat 1nsut-es to the sub j$ct ot: mU$1e 1 t,s own place in tIl. sun.a Shortly tollowing the .plan in all &l0menta'1 school.$ of men'b t. in the the . Ogden pla.ce the PJiimary grad.e-sa back alassroom basis. of the adoption on platoon sohool tb.$re began a. a move" self"o,(mtained 1)epartments.l1l-ation proved most suooessful Ogden Clty-SehQols in the intel'lle41ate gade$. It BUt$;h Soho,ol "iteiort., 1934-56, ttTWtUlty-£1rst Rep,or'b of iuperlntenrent of Publio Instruction.fl (Salt Lake 011;1, 1937) J. p. 98. |
