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MONDAY, MAY 20, 1974.
THIRD-YEAR SPECIALIST COURSE FOR TEACHERS PAVING WAY FOR BETTER PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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THE THIRD-YEAR SPECIALIST COURSE ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS PAVING THE WAY FOR BETTER PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG.
THE COURSE, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND HERE, WAS INTRODUCED AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION LAST SEPTEMBER.
+COMING OUT IN JULY THIS YEAR FROM THE COURSE ARE 14 MEN AND 15 WOMEN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S "PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNIT SAID TODAY.
HE RECALLED THAT THESE 29 TRAINEES WHO WERE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS THEMSELVES IN EITHER GOVERNMENT OR AIDED SCHOOLS BEFORE THEY JOINED THE COURSE. WERE SELECTED FROM ABOUT 90 APPLICANTS LAST YEAR.
+THEY ARE GOING BACK TO THEIR SCHOOLS AFTER COMPLETING ONE YEAR OF TRAINING. WITH THEIR TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND SKILL ENRICHED BY THETRAINING, THEY ARE A BIG HELP TO THE DEPARTMENT IN ITS PLAN TO EXPAID AND ILPROVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KO:IG.+
THE NEXT GROUP OF TRAINEES FOR THE NEW TED) BEGINNING THIS SEPTEMBER COMPRISES 16 MEN AND 15 WOMEN. DURING SELECTION, THEY FACED STRONG COKPETITION FROM 83 OTHER APPLICANTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS, SERVING TEACHERS VERE ACCORDED ADMISSION PRIORITY BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR MANY YEARS FOR SUCH OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE THEIR KOULEDGE AND SKILL IN TEACHING PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
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CONDUCTING THE SPECIALIST COURSE ARE TWO FULL-TIME LECTURERS WHO ARE VERY PROFICIENT IN THIS FIELD OF EDUCATION. THEY ARE MR. KENNETH CHAN AND MISS WINNIE HO, COTH OF WHOM HAD ADVANCED TRAINING OVERSEAS.
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SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNIT HELP CONDUCT SOME SESSIONS. IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION, THEY EACH SPECIALISE IN ONE ASPECT OR ANOTHER.
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROVIDES SPECIALISTS TO CONDUCT SESSIONS ON ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND KINESIOLOGY WHICH ARE PART OF THE THEORETICAL SUBJECTS TAUGHT.
/TROM TIME