ACS NEWS Education Proposals A d o p t e d Society acts on key recommendations, has e y e on other major conference proposals
X m·: ACS Board of Directors or its Executive Committee has taken action on four of the recommendations of the 1959 education conference. They were: • To authorize the formation of an education liaison and advisory panel to facilitate communication and effective planning among educational units of the
Society (C&EX, April 6, page 5 8 ) . The panel will include representatives from the Board Committee on E d u c a tion and Students, Board Committee on Crants and Fellowships, Council C o m mittee on Chemical Education, Council Committee on Professional Training, Council Committee on Local Sectional Activities, Division of Chemical E d u c a tion, ACS Publications, and ACS News
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Service. T h e educational secretary of headquarters staff will serve as panel secretary. • To sanction acceptance of the invitation of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education to cosponsor a "Continental Classroom" television course in moden chemistry. The course will b e produced by the National Broadcasting Company during the 1959-60 academic year. An advisory committee to work with the instructor has been appointed by the Society President. • To endorse the report entitled "Recommendations for the Preparation of High School Teachers of Science and Mathematics—1959," prepared b y the cooperative committee on science and mathematics teaching of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (C&EN, March 2, page 1 5 5 ) . • To accept the invitation of t h e National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards to cooperatively participate in its 14th annual conference at the University of Kansas, June 23 to 26. These were only a few of the many .^v-JiAliiivinauiluuS
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Education Conference held in Washington, March 20 to 21. The conference was called by the ACS Board Committee on Education and Students, of which Wallace R. Brode is chairman. Other recommendations directed to the Board of Directors were: • To establish a national ACS high school teachers award program. The Society headquarters staff is assisting the Board Committee on Awards and Recognitions by drafting a preliminary proposal. • To encourage chemistry course content studies to be financed b y the National Science Foundation.
INDUSTRY MEMBERS The fund drive for members for the new A C S headquarters buildinq has reached 7 4 . 3 % of its $1.5 million g o a l . Pledges of $1,1 15,513 "have been recorded in the Treasurer's Office as of June 10 f r o m 3 3 , 3 3 4 members, 3 9 . 2 % of the membership. Industry has reached 7 0 . 0 % of its $1.5 million g o a l , with pledges of $1,050,957 from 395 companies.
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T h e Council Committee on Chemical Education, which prepares ACS education guidance literature, was asked further to emphasize teaching and research opportunities in small colleges and the continuing need for highly qualified high school science teachers. This committee was also urged to prepare a guide for evaluating high school courses on the basis of their intellectual challenge. Documents such as the Conant report on "The American High School Today" a n d the Rockefeller report "The Pursuit of Excellence" were suggested as bases for the stud v.
A series of m o n o g r a p h s or local a c tion w o r k b o o k s for g u i d i n g t h e e d u cational program of local sections w o u l d r e s u l t from a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n to t h e X a t i o n a l Office staff. S u g g e s t e d t o p i c s a r e : local a c t i o n p r o g r a m s to i m p r o v e t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g a n d certifica tion, s u g g e s t i o n s a n d r e f e r e n c e s on h i g h school c h e m i s t r y c o u r s e c o n t e n t , g u i d e line r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s on h i g h school chemistry laboratory facilities and e q u i p m e n t , a n d t e a c h i n g a i d s for h i g h school c h e m i s t r y . In a d d i t i o n , t h e c o n f e r e n c e r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t t h e X a t i o n a l Office staff: • E x p l o r e t h e d e s i r a b i l i t y of i n c l u d ing m o r e c h e m i s t r y as well as o t h e r s c i e n c e s in e l e m e n t a r y school p r o g r a m s . • Collect a n d s u m m a r i z e information on m e t h o d s for r e c o g n i z i n g high s c h o lastic a c h i e v e m e n t . • E x a m i n e w a y s of a d v i s i n g j u n i o r colleges on c u r r i c u l u m , t e a c h e r p r e p a ration, a n d facilities in c h e m i s t r y . • I n v e s t i g a t e t h e n e e d for a s t u d y of l a b o r a t o r y facilities a n d e q u i p m e n t for c h e m i s t r y i n s t r u c t i o n . • I n q u i r e into t h e possibility of es t a b l i s h i n g a n a t i o n a l a c a d e m v of sci e n c e t e a c h e r s for r e c o g n i z i n g e x c e l l e n c e in t e a c h i n g . W h a t is t h e a t t r i t i o n r a t e of c o l l e g e c h e m i s t r y majors? T h e D i v i s i o n of C h e m i c a l E d u c a t i o n w a s a s k e d to study this q u e s t i o n a n d , if t h e s u s p e c t e d h i g h d r o p o u t r a t e exists, s u g g e s t c o r r e c t i v e measures. Chemistry secondary education w o u l d b e m e a s u r a b l y i m p r o v e d b y sug g e s t i o n s of t h e c o n f e r e n c e for local s e c t i o n a c t i o n . A C S sections w e r e re q u e s t e d to: • A i d a n d e n c o u r a g e t e a c h e r s in p l a n n i n g c o n s t r u c t i v e s u m m e r self-im provement programs. • Study extracurricular, nonprofes s i o n a l d u t i e s r e q u i r e d of c h e m i s t r y t e a c h e r s a n d s u p p o r t efforts to l e s s e n such activities. • Cooperate with groups strengthen science programs o n state a n d local level.
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• Support adequate teacher compen sation. • E m p h a s i z e s c h o l a s t i c a t t a i n m e n t in student award programs. • Read and have reviewed chemistry texts and laboratory manuals. • E x a m i n e school science p r o g r a m s in l i g h t of r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of t h e Co ηant report.
Special c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e given to a n u m b e r of o r g a n i z a t i o n s for their c o n t r i b u t i o n to s c i e n c e e d u c a t i o n : t h e X a t i o n a l S c i e n c e F o u n d a t i o n for its p r o g r a m to i m p r o v e s c i e n c e t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g ; Association of Chief S t a t e School Officers for d e v e l o p i n g a g u i d e for s c i e n c e e q u i p m e n t p u r c h a s e u n d e r t h e X a t i o n a l D e f e n s e E d u c a t i o n Act; Manufacturing Chemists* Association for its e d u c a t i o n a l a s s i s t a n c e a n d a w a r d plan: Science Teacher Improvement P r o g r a m of t h e A A AS; a n d t h e NewYork City S c h o o l S y s t e m for i n v i t i n g t h e local section a n d o t h e r scientificdisciplines to review its s c i e n c e c u r riculum. Individual A C S m e m b e r s m a y further the society's educational program through three conference recommenda tions: • Participate
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