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TERMINATION of a student's normal course of study often brings to an abrupt end his active connexion with the university. In the case of science teachers, this is particularly undesirable, for it is important that the rapid developments which are taking place in their subjects should be fully discussed between school and university teachers, especially in relation to teaching methods. With these considerations in view, a ten-day course on modern aspects of chemistry was recently held at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, in co-operation with the Welsh Department of the Board of Education, one of the inspectors of which, Dr. D. M. Williams, assisted in the organisation of the course. Summaries were given of recent work on atomic structure, valency theory and its application to problems concerning the structure and reactions of some inorganic and organic compounds, the electro-chemistry of solutions, and the chemistry of natural and synthetic products of special interest ; lectures and experiments were included illustrating advances in the theory and practice of pH determination, indicators, electrometric titrations, distillation, and chromatography, together with a demonstration of glass-blowing technique, a show of scientific films and a display of modern books, dealing especially with the subjects selected. While it was apparent that the teachers attending the course derived benefit and interest from it, the discussions proved most stimulating also to the University personnel who participated. The course was conducted by Prof. E. D. Hughes and Drs. W. R. Angus, I. Dostrovsky, J. Graham and D. R. Llewellyn, assisted in the experimental work by Dr. F. Brown, Mr. T. R. Jacobs, and senior research students ; Prof. C. W. Davies and Dr. W. C. Evans, of University College, Aberystwyth, gave special lectures.
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Refresher Courses for Science Teachers. Nature 159, 771 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159771a0
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