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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1975
SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION ON ACTIVITY APPROACH SCHEME IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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ABOUT 500 HEADMASTERS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL BE GIVEN THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE ACTIVITY APPROACH. SCHEME WHICH IS BEING USED IN SIX PRIMARY SCHOOLS AS A PILOT PROJECT WHEN THEY ATTEND A HALF-DAY SEMINAR AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
THE SEMINAR WILL BE OPENED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL), MR. HO NGA-MING.
THE PILOT PROJECT TO EXPERIMENT AND PROPAGATE AN INFORMAL APPROACH TO TEACHING WAS LAUNCHED BY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER 1972.
+ITS AIM IS TO PROMOTE ACTIVE AND SELF-INITIATED LEARNING WHICH SIGNIFIES A BREAK-THROUGH IN THE TRADITIONAL PATTERN OF PASSIVE AND TEACHER-DIRECTED LEARNING,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
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ONE NOTEWORTHY ASPECT OF THE SCHEME WAS THE NEW ROLE OF THE TEACHER WHICH WAS THAT OF A FRIEND HELPING THE PUPILS TO FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES RATHER THAN A MERE INSTRUCTOR FEEDING THEM WITH FACTS AS IN THE TRADITIONAL FORMAL CLASS TEACHING, HE ADDED.
+CHILDREN IN THESE SCHOOLS ARE DEVELOPING AN INTEREST, A SENSE OF CURIOSITY, AND AN INDEPENDENT ATTITUDE, NOT VERY COMMON AMONG CHILDREN TAUGHT MORE CONVENTIONALLY, HE POINTED OUT.
THE SIX SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THE PILOT SCHEME ARE: ABERDEEN GOVERNMENT PRIMARY A.M. SCHOOL, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY A.M. SCHOOL, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY P.M. SCHOOL, FUK WAH STREET GOVERNMENT PRIMARY A.M. SCHOOL, SHENG KUNG HUI KEI HIN (EPIPHANY) PRIMARY SCHOOL AND TRUE LIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL OF HONG KONG (PRIMARY SECTION).
REFERENCE MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND TEACHING AIDS BEING USED IN THE SIX PILOT SCHOOLS AND SAMPLES OF PUPILS' WORKS AND RECORDS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT AN EXHIBITION TOMORROW, MONDAY AND TUESDAY AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND TEACHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. ON SATURDAY. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN FROM 10.30 A.M. TO 4.30 P.M. AND ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY FROM 9.30 A.M. TO 4.30 P.M. TEACHERS FROM THE SIX SCHOOLS WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WHICH VISITORS MAY WISH TO RAISE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION COVERED. THE SEMINAR, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CANTONESE. BEGINS AT 9.30 A.M. TOMORROW IN THE LECTURE THEATRE, GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON.