Monday, July 11, 1966 THE SUMMER ECHO Page Nine
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SCIENCE INSTITUTE—The above scenes show persons
enrolled in the 10th Summer Institute for Teachers of
Science and Mathematics. From left to right on the top
row are: James Butts assisting a student preparing to
take the melting point of an organic compound; Vernon
Clark demonstrating the use of the hemacytometer, ust^
to determine the total number of blood cells in a cubic
millimeter of blood; and the extracting of blood to make
a blood smear.
On the bottom row are shown: taking a melting point;
Dr. William Fletcher, an NCC graduate, teaching a class
in mathematics; and two enrollees taking melting points.
NSF Institute Emphasizes Modern Concepts
Seventy-four junior and sen
ior high school teachers are
participants in the National
Science Foundation-supported
Institute for Teachers of Sci
ence and Mathematics this year.
The institute, directed by Dr.
W. H. Pattillo Jr., NCC profes
sor of biology, began on June
13 and will end on July 22.
Its purpose is to upgrade the
preparation of teachers who in
the main do not have majors in
certain areas of science which
they teach. Though various
NCC science departments have
offered science institutes for ten
consecutive summers, the par
ticular type of program offered
this year is offered for only the
third time.
Courses involved feature the
modern or newer approaches and
materials in science and mathe
matics. In biology, BSCS (Bio
logical Sciences Curriculum
Study) materials are used pri
marily in the laboratory course.
In chemistry, CHEM Study
(Chemical Education Materials)
materials are employed in the
introductory course. Both cours
es in mathematics—Introduc
tion to Mathematical Concepts
with Emphasis on the Laws of
Algebra and Characteristics of
Axiomatic Systems with Em
phasis on Laws of Algebra—
emphasize modern concepts.
Since many school systems
throughout the nation have ini
tiated or will soon initiate these
types of courses, their presenta
tion in this institute performs
a necessary service, said Dr.
Pattillo.
With two exceptions, the staff
is the same as last year. In addi
tion to Pattillo, Dr. Mary
Townes, associate professor of
biology, and Vernon Clark, as
sistant professor of biology,
both of NCC, offer the biology
courses. Dr. E. L. Totton, pro
fessor of chemistry, and J. R.
Butts, assistant professor of
chemistry at NCC, offer the
chemistry courses. Dr. W. M.
Whyburn, Kenan Professor of
mathematics at the University
of North Carolina, teaches
mathematics.
Additions to the staff are Dr.
Abdu Bardawill, associate pro
fessor of chemistry, and Dr.
William T. Fletcher, mathema
tics, a graduate of NCC who re
ceived the Ph.D. degree from
the University of Idaho on June
12, 1966.
In-service participants repre
sent a wide variety of prior
training and teaching experi
ence. Employed in 61 different
schools in eight states, they are
graduates of 23 different col
leges and universities, including
NCC, from which 21 received
degrees. Twelve hold master’s
degrees. Durham led all other
cities by enrolling fifteen per
sons.
Sponsored By SEF
Media Institute In Fifth Year
The Southern Education
Foundation is sponsoring an
institute for New Media of In
struction at North Carolina Col
lege for the fifth summer. The
institute consists of two cours
es, Education 580 and Educa
tion 582, and a group of ex
tended experiences.
Education 580, the Prepara
tion and Use of New Instruc
tional Media, is taught by
James E. Parker, director of
the NCC Audiovisual-Television
Center; and Dr. Norman C.
Johnson, associate professor of
es Education 582, the Organi-
education at the college, teach-
zation and Administration of
New Instructional Media.
The SEF provides scholar
ships for supervisors of in
struction and audiovisual lead
ers in the Southern region. Par
ticipants in the institute come
from North Carolina, South
Carolina, Mississippi, Texas,
and Virginia. The scholarships
cover tuition, room and board,
and all fees except a materials
fee. In past years, participants
have come also from Alabama
and Georgia.
The institute attempts to
promote the development of
professional competencies in
the use of teaching machines
and programmed learning, over
head projectors, tape record
ers, television, slides, film
strips, motion pictures, and
other equipment and tech
niques. It grew out of nation
wide concern for the scarcity
of experienced persons in pub
lic schools to operate audiovis
ual equipment for which mil
lions of dollars were being
spent under provisions of the
National Defense Education
Act of 1958.
Parker, who is assisted by
Marvin Duncan, instructor of
education at NCC, has said the
institute seeks to formulate a
unifying philosophy of educa
tion, and “to give meaning and
purpose to all instructional ef
fort.” Evaluation of techniques
and purposes are listed as dom
inant in the course’s curricu
lum.
Australian Serves
On NCT-NDEA Staff
Michael Sherman, a native of
Austrialia who is a Ph.D. can
didate at Duke University, is
serving on the NTC-NDEA staff
this summer at NCC.
A 1966 recipient of the M.A.
degree from Duke University,
Sherman received the B.A. de
gree in 1961 from Toronto Uni
versity, Canada. For eight years,
he attended high school in Ken
ya, East Africa.
He has formerly worked in the
field of epidemiology and in the
area of probation/parole in San
ta Fe, New Mexico, and in for
estry service in Alberta, Canada.
Sherman has himself been the
recipient of an NDEA fellow
ship for graduate study.
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NEW MEDIA SCENES—The above views show participants in the
Institute for New Media of Instruction, now in its fifth summer at
North Carolina College. On the left, enrollees in the institute are seen
using an overhead projector. In the center, three students examine a
roll of recently-processed film in the darkroom; and on the right, two
persons in the institute are using a dry mounting press.
The institute, sponsored by the Southern Education Foundation, has as
teachers James E. Parker, Dr. Norman C. Johnson, and Marvin Duncan.