1963 – a year to remember
Behind the scenes of Education in Chemistry 50 years ago
Since our last issue, I have found out that 1963 was quite a momentous year for science education across the UK. Not only was Education in Chemistry established and the Association of Science Education founded, Peter Borrows, a former editorial board member, wrote to inform me of other important developments which took place that year. These included the first meeting of CLEAPSS and trials were also drawn up for the Nuffield Chemistry Teaching Project.
In 1963, Peter himself was an inspired young chemistry PGCE student and later these events had a profound effect on his career, to the extent that he became deeply involved with all of them and I assume had a great influence on their direction over the years. I've added his letter to our 50th anniversary web pages - it makes very interesting reading.
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