KONDAY, JULY 29, 1974.
ACTIVE PERIOD OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
**ER
THE JOINT SEMINAR OF ART AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERS TODAY WAS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF CO-ORDINATION OF EFFORT WITHIN THE CURRICULUM AS A WHOLE, REPRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT NEW TREND, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. ARTHUR BROWN SAID IN HIS OPENING SPEECH,
ADDRESSING PARTICIPANTS IN THE CARITAS COMMUNITY HALL IN CAINE ROAD, MR. BROUN SAID THE ORGANISERS WERE NOT TRYING TO.
INTEGRATE ART AND MATHEMATICS BUT TO GET TEACHERS IN THESE TWO SUBJECTS TO MEET AND TALK TOGETHER AND EXPLORE COMMON AREAS AND OBJECTIVES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME GAINING AN UNDERSTAND ING OF EACH OTHERS' POINTS OF VIEU.
+THIS WOULD NOT ONLY HELP THE INDIVIDUAL TEACHER INVOLVED, IT COULD HAVE EVEN WIDER IMPLICATIONS SINCE, WITH THE COMING OF A NEW WHITE PAPER ON SECONDARY EDUCATION, UE VOULD BE ENTERING A VERY ACTIVE PERIOD OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT,+ HE SAID.
SEMINARS SUCH AS THE PRESENT ONE WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY THOSE CONCERNED WITH CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT WOULD DO MUCH TO WIDEN THE OUTLOOK OF THESE SPECIALISTS AND HELP THEM SEE HOU THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THEIR OWN SUBJECT COULD FIT IN WITH THOSE OF OTHER SUBJECTS AND SO PRODUCE CREATER UNITY IN THE CURRICULUM AS A WHOLE.
HE HOPED THAT TODAY'S MEETING OF TEACHERS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF JOINT SEHINARS.
THE IDEA OF THE JOINT SEMINAR CAME FROM AN ARTIST AND A MATHEMATICIAN.
SPEAKING ABOUT ITS WIDER SIGNIFICANCE, MR. BROWN SAID: +ART AND MATHEMATICS, THE ONE SUJJECT WARM AND HUMAN AND THE OTHER OFTEN CONSIDERED COLD AND INHUMAN, VERE OFTEN REGARDED AS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED SUBJECTS WITH NOTHING IN COMMON.+
IN PRACTICE, MR. BROUN POINTED OUT, THIS WAS FAR FROM THE TRUTH AND HE WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE TEACHERS OF THESE SUBJECTS MEETING TOGETHER TO PROVE TO OTHER TEACHERS THAT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID TEACHERS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO SEIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN STUDENTS' MINDS TO THE WIDER
IMPLICATIONS OF THE SUBJECT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER AREAS. OF THE CURRICULUM.
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