Field notes, v1753
Page 282
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Feb. 15. There is also the problem I lack qualified teachers. The U.P. is now planning courses in science design for teachers. A Convention and Conference of Scientists and Teachers had as a theme, "The Development of skills of creative thinking." Mrs. Luz Sangalang drove me to U.P., about 10 miles out. I took to the Teacher Training School where I met Dean Morales. He has been stressing science in the training program despite the fact that his background is in non-science areas. Mrs. Sangalang is an alumnae. At the school we met Miss Dolores Hernandez, chairman of the BSCS group. It was obvious these two intelligent, energetic young women were enthusiastic about the BSCS prospects. Ralph Wilson, a New Zealander in the Philippines on a Colombo-UNESCO grant, prepared a physics course for the high schools (UNESCO 1960 Physics for Philippine Schools). A chemistry course is being developed in a summer writing session involving chemistry professors, teachers and educators working together. Mrs. Sangalang said BSCS started a year ago last June. J. Orion, president of ABIS advised on the program in the Philippines but he was killed in a plane crash recently.