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AT the recent Congress held under the auspices of the British Social Hygiene Council at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the teaching of biology formed the main topic of the papers read during the educational sessions. It is satisfactory to hear from Dr. E. W. Shann that it is now realised that there are two categories of pupils to be considered in the drafting of syllabuses, namely, those for whom biology is a necessary part of their general education, and those who require it for vocational reasons. Up to an early stage, the needs of these two may be regarded as identical; and they will probably be met by a well-balanced course of general elementary science in which hygiene and the functions of the chief organs of the human body should certainly be included. The scheme advocated by Mrs. E. J. Hatfield, which is already in use in many girls' schools, and deserves the attention of others where the ages of pupils permit is: Age 11-12 years, general elementary science; age 12-14 years, chemistry, or chemistry and physics; age 14-16 years, general biology, and in addition, chemistry pr physics for future science specialists.
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Biology at the Imperial Social Hygiene Congress. Nature 136, 116 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136116a0
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