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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1975
DEPUTY EDUCATION DIRECTOR OPENS SEMINAR ON
ACTIVITY APPROACH SCHEME
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THE INTRODUCTION IN SIX PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF THE ACTIVITY APPROACH SCHEME IS TO PROMOTE ACTIVE AND SELF-INITIATED LEARNING THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL), MR. HO NGA-MING TOLD ABOUT 500 HEADMASTERS AND HEADMISTRESSES THIS MORNING,
MR. HO WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR AND THREE-DAY EXHIBITION ON ACTIVITY APPROACH AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
HE SAID. THIS APPROACH REPRESENTED AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE TRADITIONAL PATTERN OF PASSIVE AND TEACHER-DIRECTED LEARNING.
+THIS APPROACH IS BASED ON CERTAIN WELL-ESTABLISHED CONCEPTS ABOUT HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY THOSE ABOUT HOW YOUNG CHILDREN GROW AND LEARN, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR SAID.
MR. HO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE EFFORTS AND ENTHUSIASM OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS WHO HAD DURING THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHEME BY THE ADAPTATION OF ACTIVITY APPROACH TO LOCAL CONDITIONS.
HE MENTIONED THAT SOME CHILDREN IN A CLASS LEARNED CERTAIN SKILLS QUITE RAPIDLY WHILE OTHERS DO SO MORE SLOWLY. CHILDREN NOT ONLY LEARN AT DIFFERENT RATE BUT THEY ALSO LEARN IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
+WITH THE ACTIVITY APPROACH CHILDREN CAN LEARN AT THEIR OWN PACE AND TEACHERS CAN DEVISE DIFFERENT PROGRAMMES TO SUIT DIFFERENT CHILDREN,+ MR. HO SAID.
IN ADDITION THE SCHEME CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROUP
ACTIVITIES.
HE ADDED, THE ACTIVITY APPROACH PROVIDES AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND LEARN BY DOING, CHILDREN LEARN BEST THROUGH THEIR OWN EFFORTS.+
MR. HO SAID THERE WAS A NEED FOR A STIMULATING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT WHICH WOULD KINDLE THE PUPILS DESIRE TO LEARN SINCE THEIR INTERESTS WERE VARIED AND OFTEN TRANSITORY.
+A WELL-EQUIPPED PRIMARY CLASSROOM SHOULD HAVE VARIOUS INTEREST CORNERS, E.G. A NATURE CORNER, A READING CORNER AND SO ON. IT SHOULD ALSO HAVE AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF SOURCE MATERIALS.
+FURTHER, THE TIME-TABLE SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE. THE USE OF BLOCK TIME-TABLES ENABLES CHILDREN TO PURSUE THEIR INTERESTS WITHOUT INTERRUTPION, MR. HO STRESSED.
THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TODAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TEACHERS FROM THE SIX PRIMARY SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THE SCHEME WILL BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHICH VISITORS MAY WISH TO RAISE.
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