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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1975
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CLOSE RELATIONSHIP IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
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THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. JOHN WINFIELD TODAY CALLED FOR A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALL EDUCATIONAL BODIES IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE MODERN CHEMISTRY TEACHING COURSE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, IN THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT MR. WINFIELD SAID THERE WAS A GROWING AWARENESS, IN HONG KONG THAT IF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IS TO MAKE ANY REAL IMPACT. IT MUST BE CO-ORDINATED AT ALL LEVELS AND NOT ALLOWED TO DEVELOP HAPHAZARDLY.
+I THINK IT IS TRUE TO SAY THAT IN THIS MATTER, SCIENCE EDUCATION IS FURTHER AHEAD THAN MOST SUBJECTS OF THE CURRICULUM,+ HE SAID.
MR. WINFIELD SAID THAT THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM TEAM, HAVING. ESTABLISHED A NEW BASE IN FORMS 13, WAS NOW DOING ITS UTMOST TO ENSURE THAT BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS TAUGHT IN SENIOR FORMS WAS COMPATIBLE WITH THE APPROACHES OF THE JUNIOR SCIENCE COURSE.
HE WAS VERY HAPPY THAT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY WAS ENLISTING THE CO-OPERATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN ITS IN-SERVICE COURSES - FIRST FOR TEACHERS IN BIOLOGY. AND, NOW, FOR TEACHERS OF CHEMISTRY.
+THESE COURSES ARE IN HARMONY WITH THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AS A WHOLE IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
A TOTAL OF 80 CHEMISTRY TEACHERS ARE ATTENDING THE COURSE WHICH BEGAN TODAY. THE COURSE CONSISTS OF TEN SESSIONS TO BE HELD ON SATURDAYS.
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