MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1976
IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY OF BIOLOGY EDUCATION
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THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL), MR. ARTHUR BROWN TODAY SPOKE ABOUT THE EXCELLENT CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, PROFESSOR L.B. THROWER AND HIS STAFF HAD BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SCIENCE SUBJECT SECTION'S STAFF TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF BIOLOGY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
MR. BROWN WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A JOINTLY ORGANISED SIX-DAY REFRESHER COURSE FOR BIOLOGY TEACHERS.
THIS YEAR'S COURSE WAS MODIFIED AND IMPROVED FOLLOWING A STUDY OF FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS OF LAST YEAR'S COURSE BY THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
A WORKING PARTY HAD KEPT IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH PARTICIPANTS
OF THE FIRST COURSE TO WORK OUT A BETTER ONE THIS YEAR.
THE PURPOSE OF THE COURSE IS TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF BIOLOGY TEACHING, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE NEW METHODS OF APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF THE SUBJECT AT MIDDLE 6 LEVEL.
MR. BROWN SAID IT WAS THROUGH EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES AND IDEAS AMONG TEACHERS THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO MAKE A GREATER CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
HE SAID THAT THE RECENT FIVE-DAY RESIDENTIAL FIELD STUDIES AND RECREATION CAMP AT SAI KUNG FOR 32 FORM 6 STUDENTS WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THE TEACHER-WARDENS AT THE CAMP TOLD THE DEPARTMENT'S SCIENCE INSPECTORS THAT THEIR STUDENTS HAD LEARNT A LOT ABOUT ECOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES FROM THE THREE ECOSYSTEMS THAT THEY HAD CARRIED OUT WITH THE IR TUTORS.
ALL THE EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT USED AT THE CAMP WAS BORROWED FROM THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY'S BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
HE CITED ANOTHER EXAMPLE: A PROPOSED BIOLOGY SYLLABUS FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG MATRICULATION CLASSES WAS DEVELOPED AS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE BIOLOGY SUBJECT COMMITTEE OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND THE STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY'S BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
MR. BROWN SAID: THE PROPOSED NEW MIDDLE 6 BIOLOGY SYLLABUS FITS IN VERY WELL WITH THE NEW FORMS 4-5 BIOLOGY SYLLABUS ISSUED BY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
+THUS THERE IS A CONTINUOUS TREND FROM FORM 1 INTEGRATED SCIENCE TO MIDDLE 6 BIOLOGY.+