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Physics education

JAN 01, 1961
An Account of the Paris Conference
J. W. Buchta

More than one hundred delegates from twenty‐nine nations met in the UNESCO House in Paris, July 28–August 4, to discuss problems in physics education and to compare activities in the various countries. The conference was organized under the auspices of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Representatives came from Finland and Canada in the north to Australia, South Africa, and Chile “down below”, from Japan, India, Russia, Turkey, and most of the European states. Education at both the secondary‐school and college levels was considered with major attention given to the pre‐college years.

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J. W. Buchta, University of Minnesota.

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