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MONDAY, JULY 11, 1977
+BY THIS I MEAN THAT INTERESTED GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INVOLVED ACTIVELY AND EXTENSIVELY IN THE PARTICIPATION OF HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH THE PROGRAMME.+
THE DIRECTOR SAID EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THE COMMUNITY IS A POTENTIAL HEALTH EDUCATOR.
THE DOCTORS, NURSES AND OTHER PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL IN THE HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, THE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS, EVEN HOUSEWIVES AT HOME ARE AND CAN BE HEALTH EDUCATORS IN THEIR PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT.
HE STRESSED THAT HEALTH EDUCATION IS NOT THE PRIVATE PRESERVE OF PROFESSIONALS AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL BUT IS A FIELD OPEN TO ALL THOSE WHO HAPPEN TO BE IN THE BEST POSITION TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE TO THE APPROPRIATE GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
IN-SERVICE COURSES FOR TEACHERS ON JUNIOR SECONDARY SCIENCE
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+SCIENCE IS A 'DOING' AS WELL AS A THINKING' SUBJECT.+ MR. AUTHUR BROWN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS) SAID THIS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE IN-SERVICE COURSES ON JUNIOR SECONDARY SCIENCE HELD AT NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TODAY.
+PUPILS ARE EXPECTED TO PERFORM EXPERIMENTS, OBSERVE AND RECORD RESULTS, USING MEASURING DEVICES
USING MEASURING DEVICES, HANDLE SIMPLE APPARATUS, COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS USING ADEQUATE SCIENTIFIC VOCABULARY. PUPILS HAVE TO THINK BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER ALL THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
THE ROLE OF THE SCIENCE TEACHER THEREFORE WAS TO +PREPARE THE IR PUP ILS BEFORE-HAND, ENCOURAGE ACTIVE THINKING DURING THE PRACTICAL WORK AND HAVE FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS, HE ADDED.
THE TWO COURSES ARE FOR IN-SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONAL SYLLABUS FOR SCIENCE (FORMS 1-111) RECOMMENDED BY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND ARE HELD IN VARIOUS SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OF EDUCATION.
THE PROGRAMME OF THE COURSES RANGES FROM TEACHING METHODS TO WORKSHOP PRACTICES, FROM A TALK ON LABORATORY SAFETY TO BOOK AND EQUIPMENT EXHIBITIONS.
THERE ARE 380 TEACHERS PARTICIPATING IN THE COURSES WHICH RUN FOR NINE DAYS IN JULY AND ANOTHER EIGHT DAYS IN AUGUST.
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