Cover Image
QR Code

SIX YEARS OF SUMMER SCIENCE INSTITUTES IN INDIA: A PROGRAM THAT HAS SUCCEEDED.

The article focuses on the introduction of the Summer Institutes for the Preparation of Science Teachers in the U.S. In 1963, funds became available through the United States Information Service and were used in the procurement of the texts, laboratory guides, teacher's manuals, resource books, film...

Full description

Published in:Science Education Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 267 - 273
Main Author: Bingham, N. Eldred
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr1969
Subjects:
Science teachers
Science education
Educational finance
Information services
Teaching aids
Occupational training
Educational programs
Mathematics education
United States
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on the introduction of the Summer Institutes for the Preparation of Science Teachers in the U.S. In 1963, funds became available through the United States Information Service and were used in the procurement of the texts, laboratory guides, teacher's manuals, resource books, films and laboratory supplies essential to train people to teach new science and mathematics programs that had been develop in the country. The cooperative effort of the U.S. and Indian personnel in organizing and conducting institutes for science teachers has improve the course in India.