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Instructor's Course Outline

Introduction to Real Estate

A COLLEGE COURSE

UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE

MADISON 3, WISCONSIN

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PREFACE

This course in introduction to real estate is one of the courses offered by the United States Armed Forces Institute for the benefit of service personnel desiring to advance their education.

You have been selected as an instructor for this course and will play the major part in its success. Teaching involves a great deal more than simply covering an assigned block of subject matter. You must motivate

your students and develop as much interest in the subject matter as possible. Think in terms of the students as well as in terms of the subject matter. Try to imagine yourself "on the other side of the desk" and try to estimate how effectively your methods are working.

The materials in this outline are designed to help you primarily with the subject matter of the course. They cannot, however, do more than provide a minimum type of assistance. Feel free to develop ideas of your own. It is especially important to use illustrative material. Some of this will be found in the text and you may also draw some of the study projects in Appendix F for illustrative material.

General Teaching Suggestions. The Services have made available a number of materials dealing with instructional methods. If these are available, you will find

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them helpful in terms of general suggestions for conducting classes, teaching methods and techniques, and related information. Make liberal use of them.

Teacher's Time Schedule. The time schedule suggested here is flexible and the instructor may vary it to fit the needs and abilities of his students. This course is divided into 20-hour blocks of instruction. Each class meeting is scheduled to last approximately one clock hour. The entire course consists of four blocks or a total of 80 hours. This method of organization makes it possible for a student to withdraw from the course after completing one block or 20 hours of work if necessary, and he will have completed a specific area of work. He may also find it necessary to withdraw at the end of the second or third block. This course requires no special equipment other than the textbook and note paper and pencils for yourself and the students. You will find a blackboard helpful in your teaching, if one is available.

Turn now to the Instructor's Time Schedule and Teaching Helps contained in this outline. This schedule is divided into five columns: Class meeting, Main topics, Text pages, Topies for special emphasis, and Teaching suggestions.

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The first column presents a numerical notation for each class meeting (Lessons 1, 2, 3, . . . 20, . . . 40, etc.). The second column indicates the major topic or topics to be covered at a given class meeting.

The third column contains specific page references to the portions of the text which deal with the topics under discussion.

The fourth column presents a breakdown of the major topics into subtopics which require special emphasis. Follow the major topics and the text material carefully. Every effort has been made to organize these in logical and teachable form.

The last column presents specific teaching suggestions to be used at each class meeting, including methods for stimulating interest, the use of illustrations, helpful suggestions for the students and the like. Since no two classes are exactly alike, general teaching suggestions cannot be expected to apply in all situations. Adapt the suggestions which are presented in this outline to your specific teaching situation and use your own imagination. and ingenuity to improve upon this outline.

Textbooks. The text for this course has been carefully selected and contains the basic material required for the course. You will find the questions at the end of each chapter helpful for discussion topics. You may wish to

use some of the study projects contained in Appendix F of the text. Feel free to set up other illustrations and problems as necessary. For this course the textbook will contain all of the basic material you will need.

Student Evaluation. In evaluating student achievement use whatever method is standard for your educational center. You will find suggestions as to reliable grading methods in the instructional manuals prepared by the Services. The USAFI End-of-Course Test is designed to measure the degree to which the student has met the requirements of the course. Normally this is administered at the end of the course but can be given any time you feel the student is ready for it. In some instances you may wish to devise your own tests or quizzes. The self-examination questions in the Study Guide or those listed as written assignments may be helpful in this connection.

If any of your students are interested in qualifying for admission to civilian schools or colleges after discharge, you should advise them about procedures in applying for USAFI accreditation service. You will want to have the most up-to-date information in order to give this advice. properly. Such information is available at USAFI, Madison, and oversea USAFI's.

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