Summer School in Health Education

Abstract

THE Central Council for Health Education will hold one residential summer school in England, this year, at Somerville College, Oxford, during August 14-28 inclusive. The directors of the school will be Miss D. E. M. Gardner, head of the ChildfDevelopment Department, University of London Institute of Educa-tion, and Dr. Robert Sutherland, medical adviser and secretary to the Council. The school is intended primarily for those who have to do with the training and care of children and young people-teachers, youth leaders, health visitors, school nurses, educational and medical administrators, training organisers, welfare superintendents, sanitary inspectors and students. The object of the school is to present the general content, methods and practice of health education. Mornings will be devoted to lectures in physiology, psychology, the biology of infection, sociology and health, as well as to lectures, demonstrations and discussions on the various methods and applications of health education. Evening lectures will deal with wider educational, psychological, social, philosophical, and spiritual aspects. There will be opportunity for discussion under experienced leaders, for viewing health films and acquiring technique in visual aids. The afternoons will be left free for optional visits, sports and physical recreation under expert leadership. Local authorities will be asked to consider the possibility of nominating students to attend the school. The inclusive fee will be £14 14s. Further details can be obtained from the Medical Adviser and Secretary, the Central Council for Health Education, Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.I.