D. Science Education in a National Emergency

Abstract

In this article, Dr. Gillette identifies science education for civilian defense as a somewhat specialized form of applied science. He delineates this point of view by discussing eight areas of applied science which add up to an effective contribution to education for a national emergency. These include first aid, nuclear energy and its applications, nutrition, sanitation, implications of biological warfare, fire control, possibilities of chemical warfare, and conservation of energy, material, and human resources. The writer also discusses the school's special responsibility in identifying and encouraging special science talent and in developing a generation of young people who are capable of effective problem-solving in the broadest sense. He con cludes his article with remarks about the necessity of the science teacher keeping himself and his pupils up-to-date regarding technological developments, particularly military ones, and with the science teachers share in developing emotional balance and sound social attitudes on the patt-of his pupils during the unsettled times of national military duress.