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THE Educational Advisory Board of the British Social Hygiene Council is attempting to give a new orientation to the teaching of biology by bringing it more into touch with individual needs and social problems of to-day. With this aim in view, a Summer School has been arranged at Keble College, Oxford, during July 28-August 4. The School is primarily intended for teachers and others who are concerned with the place of biology in education, but membership will be open to anyone who is interested in the biological problems of modern human life. The inaugural address will be given by Prof. J. Scott Watson. One section of the School will deal with current problems in social biology and their repercussions on the school-child, and another section will be concerned with problems of personal growth and development. These sections will be contributed to by lecturers with considerable experience in their particular fields. The third course will include lectures on subjects of topical interest by prominent workers in biological research, including Mr. C. S. Elton, Dr. S. Zuckerman, Dr. H. N. Sinclair and Dr. Keith Murray. There will be considerable opportunities for discussion, while excursions to places of academic interest are being arranged. Further particulars can be obtained from Mr. T. H. Hawkins, Education Officer, British Social Hygiene Council, Tavistock House South, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.1.
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Biology in Education. Nature 143, 850 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143850b0
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