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"NEW Trends in Biology Teaching" is the theme of a Conference which is being held during May 6-7 at the Borough Polytechnic, London, S.E.I. This Conference is sponsored by the Association of Assistant Mistresses, the Association of Women Science Teachers, the British Social Hygiene Council, the Joint Committee of the Four Secondary Associations, the Ling Physical Education Association, the National Union of Teachers, the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Nursing, the Science Masters' Association and the School Nature Study Union. Prof. S. Mangham, of University College, Southampton, will give an opening address on "Biology for Tomorrow". He will be followed by Miss Hilda Franks on ''Syllabuses". Dr. L. M. J. Kramer is giving a lecture demonstration, "Preparing and Presenting Inexpensively a Year's Course Based on the Theme, 'The Child's Microbial Heritage' ". At the final session Mr. Richard Palmer will talk on "Some Neglected Aspects of Human Biology in Schools". Tickets for the Conference can be obtained from the British Social Hygiene Council, Tavistock House North, London, W.C.I, price 58.
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New Trends in Biology Teaching. Nature 163, 561 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163561a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/163561a0