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SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 1979
SUMMER COURSE FOR BIOLOGY TEACHERS
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A SIX-DAY SUMMER COURSE FOR BIOLOGY TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO ACQUAINT THEM WITH THE MODERN APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS IN BIOLOGY TEACHING WILL START TOMORROW (MONDAY).
THE COURSE WILL BE HELD FROM TOMORROW TO AUGUST 25 AT THE SCIENCE CENTRE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
IT IS ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, AND WILL BE RUN BY STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY'S BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
TOPICS WILL INCLUDE MICROBIOLOGY, QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY FIELD STUDIES AND EVOLUTION.
PARTICIPATING TEACHERS, APART FROM ATTENDING LECTURES, WILL SPEND MORE THAN HALF OF THE COURSE TIME TO CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTS AND TO OBSERVE DEMONSTRATIONS.
AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS, AUDIO VISUAL AND BIOLOGY EQUIPMENT WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 24.
TEACHERS WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN AN OVER-NIGHT STAY AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SO THAT THEY CAN DISCUSS THE IR PROBLEMS NOT ONLY WITH THEIR TUTORS BUT ALSO AMONG THEMSELVES.
MR. ARTHUR BROWN, SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT), WILL ADDRESS THE PARTICIPATING TEACHERS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
PROFESSOR L.B. THROWER OF THE UNIVERSITY'S BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT WILL BE CHAIRMAN OF THE CEREMONY, AND PROFESSOR S.T. CHANG WILL LECTURE ON MICROBIOLOGY DURING THE COURSE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SUMMER COURSE FOR BIOLOGY TEACHERS WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 11.45 A.M. TOMORROW (MONDAY), AT THE LECTURE ROOM, L3, SCIENCE CENTRE, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, SHA TIN, NEW TERRITORIES.
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