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Friday, March 29, 1974
STUDY OF POLLUTION PROBLEMS
Some 2,000 pupils from ten secondary schools will see various
kinds of land and sea pollution next Thursday when they go on a harbour
cruise in twc triple decker ferries with 217 student-teachers and 25
lecturers of Sir Robert Black College of Education, one of the three
teacher training colleges run by the Education Department.
The cruise comes at the end of a three-week experimental scheme
of integrated subject teaching, the theme of which is "Protection of
the Environment."
During the four-hour trip, the pupils will study many examplos
of pollution which are clearly visible in such areas as Gin Drinker's Bay,
Lyemun Pass, Ap Lei Chau, Quarry Bay and Picnic Bay.
Since March 18, second year student-teachers, under the supervision
of their lecturers, have taken over the entire time-table of Form 1 classes
at 12 secondary schools by integrating the various school subjects and
concentrating them under one theme.
The Acting Principal of Sir Robert Black College of Education,
Mrs. Nanette Fung, said today: "We are very grateful to the Principals of
the 12 schools for their co-operation.
Without their willingness to allow
this experiment, the project would never have got off the ground."
The schedule of work for the three weeks has been carefully balanced
to give the various subjects a sufficient quota of periods for teaching and
project work, plus visits to nearby sites for environment studies, she said.
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