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TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1974.

INTEGRATED SCIENCE COURSE FOR TEACHERS

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ABOUT SIXTY SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND LECTURERS WILL be ATTENDING AN IN-SERVICE COURSE ON INTEGRATED SCIENCE BEGINNING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) MORNING.

THEY COMPRISE TEACHERS FROM THE TWENTY PILOT SCHOOLS, TEACHERS FROM OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND SOME LECTURERS FROM THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION CCHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. ARTHUR BROUN, WILL OPEN THE COURSE AT THE NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.

THIS IN-SERVICE COURSE IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO ENABLE TEACHERS WHO DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE COURSE RUN BY SCOTTISH TUTORS, TO GO THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE BEFORE ADOPTING INTEGRATED TEACHING IN THEIR SCHOOLS IN THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR.

ON THE FIRST DAY, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE GIVEN THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF INTEGRATED SCIENCE, ITS PHILOSOPHY, AND AN OUTLINE OF THE CONTENTS.

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TWO THREE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR PRACTICAL SESSIONS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AFTEN WHICH FURTHER SESSIONS WILL BE HELD EVERY SATURDAY OVER AN EIGHT-WEEK PERIOD BEGINNING FROM SEPTEMBER 7.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE OPENING CEREMONY COVERED AT THE NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, SASSOON ROAD, HONG KONG. AT 9 A.M. TOMORROW CHEDNESDAY).

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