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SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1978
SEMINAR AND DISPLAY ON ECONOMICS TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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A SEMINAR AND DISPLAY ON ECONOMICS TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE HELD AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FROM MARCH 29 TO 31.
THE AIM OF THE EVENT IS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ECONOMICS TEACHERS TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF COMMON INTEREST.
THE ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, ARE ORGANISING THE DISPLAY AND SEMINAR. ABOUT 200 TEACHERS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND.
THE THREE-DAY DISPLAY WILL BE OPENED AT 10 A.K. ON MARCH 29 BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL), MR. HO NGA-MING, AND THE HEAD OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, PROFESSOR N.A. BRIMER.
IT ILL BE ON VIEW TILL 1 P.M. ON MARCH 31.
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THE TOPICS OF DISPLAY EY 18 SCHOOLS INCLUDE: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS BY LA SALLE COLLEGE LOCATION CF INDUSTRY BY COGNITIO COLLEGE AND PUI SHING MIDDLE SCHOOL MONEY AND BANKING BY VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND THE HONG KONG ECONOMY BY KEI CHI MIDDLE SCHOOL AND RAIMONDI COLLEGE.
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THE SEMINAR CH ECONOMICS TEACHING WILL EE INAUGURATED BY MR. ARTHUR EROWN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), AT 9.30 A.. ON THURSDAY AND WILL BE HELD FOR TWC DAYS, MARCH 30 AND 31. TR. P. MORRIS OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, WILL MAKE A WELCOMING SPEECH.
DISCUSSIONS AT THE TWO-DAY SEMINAR WILL INCLUDE: EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND ECONOMICS EDUCATION BY MR. MORRIS OBSERVATIONS ON THE MACRO-ECONOMICS OF HONG KONG BY DR. ALAN MCLEAN, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY, ECONOMIC SERVICES AND THE AVAILABILITY
OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS FOR ECONOMICS TEACHING BY MRS. S.L. KWOK, VISUAL EDUCATION SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE FOLLOWING AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON :
(1) THE OPENING OF THE DISPLAY ON ECONOMICS TEACHING AT
10 A.M. ON MARCH 29, AND
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THE SEMINAR OPENING AT 9.30 A.M. CN PARCH 30.