MONDAY, MAY 20, 1974
FROM TIME TO TIME, SPORTS ORGANISATIONS EXTEND FREE COACHING SERVICES TO THE TRAINEES OF THE COURSE. THESE ORGANISATIONS INCLUDE THE HONG KONG TABLE TENIS ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG SOFT DALL ASSOCIATION, THE RUGBY UNION AND THE HONG KONG LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
IN ADDITION, THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND THE HONG KONG CHINESE UNIVERSITY ARE EAGEN HELPERS TO THIS ONE-YEAR SPECIALIST COURSE.
+THE CURRICULUM OF THE COURSE IS TIGHT BUT WELL-BALANCED AND CAREFULLY WORKED OUT,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID. IT DEHANDS' EVERY EFFORT FROM THE TRAINEES WITH A VIEW TO MAKING THEI BECOME HIGHLY PROFICIENT AND VERSATILE PHYSICAL EDUCATION. TEACHERS.
THE CURRICULUM INCLUDES THEORY AND PRACTICAL SUBJECTS.
ON THE THEORY SIDE, THE TRAINEES LEARN PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION= ADMINISTRATION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION= CURRICULUM PLANNING- ANATOLY, PHYSIOLOGY AND KINESIOLOGY= RECREATION AND MANAGEILENT= AD RESEARCH, TESTING AND HEASUREMENT.
PRACTICAL SUBJECTS INCLUDE SWIMMING= ATHLETICS= EDUCA- TIONAL AND OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS= MODERN EDUCATIONAL DANCES AND TRADITIONAL FOLK DANCES= MAJOR AND MINOR GALES AND OUT- DOOR TRAINING.
TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR PRACTICAL SUBJECTS THAT NEED IN- · DOOR FACILITIES ARE CARRIED OUT IN THE NEU MULTI-PURPOSE GAMES HALL WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED AS AN EXTENSION TO THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
THOSE THAT NEED OUT-DOOR FACILITIES ARE CARRIED OUT IN THE SPORTS GROUNDS INSIDE THE CAMPUS OF THE COLLEES AND IN THOSE AVAILABLE NEAR THE COLLEGE WHILE SVINNING AND LIFE- SAVING SESSIONS ARE HELD IN THE INDOOR SVIMMING POOL OF THE EUROPEAN Y.M.C.A. INSIDE ITS PREMISES AT TS IN SHA TSUI.
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VISITS TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, SPORTS FACILITIES AND SOCIAL AND RECREATION CENTRES ARE ALSO PART OF THE TRAINING * PROGRAMME.
TRAINEES ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN DURING THE YEAR OF TRAINING CERTAIN PROFICIENCY AWARDS SUCH AS A LIFE-SAVING CERTIFICATE. IN ADDITION, THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE PART IN OTHER PROFI- CIENCY TESTS, SUCH AS BALL GAMES REFEREES AND GYMNASTIC JUDGES.
AS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT, EACH TRAINEE HAS TO WRITE A THESIS ON A SELECTED TOPIC RELATED TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO PUT FORWARD NEW IDEAS ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
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