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MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1975
COURSES ON PRACTICAL EDUCATION
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TWO IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES ON DESİGN AND TECHNOLOGY. WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AND FRIDAY AT THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS COLLEGE. EACH COURSE WILL BE ATTENDED BY 30 TEACHERS.
THE COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE A NEW APPROACH TO PRACTICAL EDUCATION TO IN-SERVICE TEACHERS IN SUBJECTS TRADITIONALLY DESIGNATED AS PRACTICAL EDUCATION, NAMELY WOODWORK, METALWORK AND TECHNICAL DRAWING.
THE COURSES ARE ORGANISED AND RUN JOINTLY BY THE HK TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE AND THE INSPECTORATE OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION BRANCH AND WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE COLLEGE.
EACH OF THESE COURSES WILL BE OF 16 WEEKS DURATION BASED ON ONE AFTERNOON A WEEK. THE COURSE CONTENT WILL CONSIST OF LECTURES, SEMINARS AND PRACTICAL STUDIES IN DESIGN-BASED EDUCATION.
BOTH COURSES WILL BE OPENED BY MR. ANDREW KINGWELL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL).
THESE COURSES ARE SIMILAR TO THE ONE WHICH WAS HELD AS A PILOT PROGRAMME DURING THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE FIRST IN-SERVICE COURSE TOMORROW AT THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AT 2.30 P.M.
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