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AN address by Dr. E. P. Phillips on “The Teaching of Biology”, read to the South African Biological Society, appears in the Society's Pamphlet No. 6, 1933. Dr. Phillips advocated an introduction to biology in the schools by easy stages, which would give pupils an insight into biology as a concrete whole and not as isolated facts. His scheme, beginning like many others, with the differences between living and non-living, leads gradually and finally to knowledge of elementary human physiology, and includes information on the great generalisations of biology. The discussion which followed showed a widespread feeling that biology is not satisfactorily taught in schools, and Dr. Janse placed his finger upon the weak spot in the present system when he made a plea for better trained teachers in biology.
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Teaching of Biology in South Africa. Nature 133, 22 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133022b0
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