Field notes, v1753
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195 Feb.:6. Juan must OK orders for equipment. No question about VI. but since I the new schools must be looked at closely. The Form 6 science building of the school was built in 1955. VI became a government school in 1936. Mr. Allen told us New Zealand brought men from MIT in U.S. to help with PSSC program there. Biology program (BSCS) to come. The programs have great appeal in New Zealand because equipment is not expensive. Changes in science teaching may come in England first and will then permeate Malaya. However, our feeling is that Malaya should not wait, if it feels change is desirable. Juan says they are watching curricular changes in U.S. with interest and are engaged in syllabus review in Malaya, however, no scientists are involved as yet. Juan's feeling is that the groundwork should be laid first and then they will call in scientists for advice. Both Dart and I felt that perhaps by then the program would have become crystallized by non-science people and suggestions by the scientists might not be followed or the scientists might merely accept what had been worked out.