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Thursday, July 20, 1972
SUMMER COURSE FOR MUSIC TEACHERS
The Education Department will hold a summer course for serving
music teachers.
A three-day course for 50 secondary school music teachers will
begin on July 24 at Wah Yan College in Kowloon.
At the same time a three-day course for 168 primary school
teachers in the New Territories will begin at the Hoi Pa Street Government
Primary School in Tsuen Wan,
The programme includes a detailed examination of a proposed
new secondary school syllabus, a discussion of problems related to class
teaching, choir conducting and song accompaniment. Several inspectors
from the Education Department and leading experts will speak at the seminars.
Apart from providing an opportunity for an exchange of views on
mutual problems, the course will "revitalise" the teachers' experience and
will help promote their greater understanding of creative music-making and
appreciation.
It is the first time that secondary teachers have been included
in the summer course and is in line with the recommendations of the
Curriculum Development Council which has launched an extensive project to
study curricula at all levels.
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