“POPULARISING SCIENCE”
U.N.E.S.C.O. Display At Wellington
(Now Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, April 11. The popularisation of science must begin in the schools, said the Director of Education (Mr C. E. Beeby) tonight when be officially opened an exhibition of “Energy and its Transformation.’’ The exhibition, an international one, has been arranged by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
Unfortunately, said Mr Beeby, the schools were faced with the problem of a shortage of science teachers. At present, there was a shortage of 144 science teachers, mostly in girls’ schools. By 1964, there would be a need for UM science teachers.
“We will be 300 short, and we haven’t a hope of finding them unless we can find some other method of filling the gap,” said Mr Beeby.
The universities could play a part in assisting the educated person to gain a knowledge of science by offering a less specialised science degree for those who did not wish to engage in purely scientific work,’ he said. Such a degree would be useful for teachers, administrators and businessmen.
More than 300 persons attended the opening of the exhibition.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28869, 14 April 1959, Page 14
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