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FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1975

SCHOOLS WELCOME INTEGRATED SCIENCE METHOD

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INTEGRATED SCIENCE. AN APPROACH TO SCIENCE THROUGH PRACTICAL WORK, HAS NOW GAINED A FIRM FOOTING IN HONG KONG. MR. ARTHUR BROWN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), SAID TODAY.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE IN-SERVICE INTEGRATED SCIENCE COURSE CONDUCTED BY TUTORS FROM SCOTLAND VISITING HONG KONG UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SCOTTISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS NEW APPROACH WILL VERY RAPIDLY BECOME THE STANDARD SCIENCE COURSE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY FORMS, KR. DROWN SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS NOT ALWAYS ADVISABLE FOR A TERRITORY LIKE HONG KONG TO TAKE OVER A COURSE OF STUDY DEVELOPED FOR ANOTHER COUNTRY, BUT THIS WAS AN EXCEPTION.

+THE REASON THAT IT IS SO SUCCESSFUL IS THAT SCIENCE IS A UNIVERSAL SUBJECT AND STUDENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE SURPRISINGLY SIMILAR, SO THAT ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF CHANGES ARE NEEDED

IN THE COURSE TO MAKE IT IDEALLY SUITED TO HONG KONG CONDITIONS,+ HE EXPLAINED.

AT AN EARLIER FUNCTION, HR, BROWN EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES.

ADDRESSING THE OPENING SESSION OF A SEMINAR ON SOCIAL STUDIES HELD AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR HEADS OF SCHOOLS, MR. BROWN SAID SCHOOLS HAD A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN SOCIAL STUDIES,

+THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL STUDIES IS BY NO MEANS A NEW ONE, BUT IT IS NEW TO HONG KONG AND IS PLANNED TO BE A VITAL PART OF THE COMMONCORE CURRICULUM FOR FORM | – ||1 BEING INTRODUCED INTO SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WHITE PAPER ON SECONDARY EDUCATION POLICY,+ MR. BROWN SAID.

THERE WERE TWO ASPECTS TO THE STUDY OF SOCIAL STUDIES. CONTENT AND THE APPROACH.

THE

*THE CONTENT OF THIS COURSE IS AIMED TO GIVE STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS OF MODERN LIVING IN HONG KONG AND OF HONG KONG'S PLACE IN THE WORLD. IT TACKLES SUCH VITAL TOPICS AS POPULATION CONTROL, POLLUTION, AND CONSUMER EDUCATION AS WELL AS THE MORE CONVENTIONAL HISTORIČAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF STUDY,+ MR. BROWN ADDED.

/IN CONNECTION