2
טה
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1975
THE SPOKESMAN SAID TEACHING CENTRES RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC SUBJECTS HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE ULTIMATE AIM OF
KEEPING TEACHERS ABREAST OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS OF THESE SUBJECTS+.
LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRES FOR DOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE HELP TEACHERS ACQUIRE MODERN TECHNIQUES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING. THEY HAVE A LARGE SUPPLY OF TAPED MATERIALS AND PROVIDE A FREE DUBBING SERVICE TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
SHORT REFRESHER COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS ARE ORGANISED DURING SCHOOL TERMS AND PARTÍCULARLY DÚRING SUMMER VACATIONS FOR TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH CURRENT IDEAS AND PRACTICES.
THE INSPECTORATE ALSO PRODUCES SUDJECT DULLETING WHICH ACT AS A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND METHODS AND ANSWER SPECIFIC QUERIES RAISED DY TEACHERS. THESE BULLETINS ARE DISTRIBUTED FREE OF CHARGE TO SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES DOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS.
ONE OF THE TEACHING PRACTICES STRONGLY ADVOCATED BY THE INSPECTORATE IS THE GUIDED DISCOVERY METHOD› WHICH ENCOURAGES ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND THE USE OF VISUAL AIDS SUCH AS FILMS, PHOTOS AND STUDY KITS IN THE CLASSROOM.
STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED BY THIS METHOD TO INQUIRE AND FIND OUT THE WHATS+ AND WHYS OF A SUBJECT RATHER THAN MERELY ADSORDING LECTURES DY TEACHERS.
WITH THE INSPECTORATE WORKING HARD TOWARDS THESE OBJECTIVES THE SCENE OF STUDENTS PASSIVELY TAKING DICTATION OF THE TEACHENS NOTES MAY SOON DECOME SOMETHING OF THE PAST.
-
CITY TOUR FOR BOAT CHILDREN
A GROUP OF 200 BOYS AND GIRLS BETWEEN EIGHT AND 15 YEARS OF AGE WHO LIVE ON DOATS IN THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER, WILL BE TAKEN ON A SIGHT-SEEING TOUR OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON ON SUNDAY (MARCH 30). THEY WILL DE ESCORTED BY SO VOLUNTEERS.
THE OUTING IS ORGANISED BY THE YAUMATEI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION OF FLOATING PEOPLE AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE FOR YAU MA TEL AS A TREAT FOR CHILDREN'S DAY WHICH FALLS ON APRIL 4.
STARTING OFF AT 9.45 A.M. FROM THE KAIFONG ASSOCIATION PREMISES IN SAIGON STREET THE CHILDREN WILL FIRST DE TAKEN TO THE OCEAN TERMINAL FOLLOWED BY A TRIP THROUGH THE CROSS-LARBOUR TUNNEL TO THE PEAK, THEN TO THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, THE CITY HALL, THE SUNG HONG TOI MEMORIAL GARDEN AND THE AIRPORT.
THEY WILL LUNCH AT THE MAN LOK RESTAURANT IN WU KWONG STREET, HUNG HOM, DURING WHICH THERE WILL ALSO DE A LUCKY DRAW.
NOTE TO EDITORS: YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE START OF THE TOUR.
0
13