TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1978
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EDUCATING PEOPLE TO USE THEIR LEISURE TIME
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+EDUCATION FOR LEISURE+ IS THE BEST WAY OF COMBATING THE STRAING AND STRESSES OF CITY LIFE, ACCORDING TO THE ACTING PRINCIPAL OF THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, MR. KONG YUN-FUN.
SPEAKING AT THE 27TH GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE COLLEGE MR. KONG SAID THERE WAS A NEED IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF INTERESTS.
+ APART FROM FAMILIARITY WITH HIS SUBJECT, A GOOD TEACHER SHOULD HAVE SOME BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE OF LITERATURE, ART OR SCIENCE, HE SAID.
+AND IT WOULD BE BETTER STILL IF HE COULD DEVELOP A LIKING FOR MUSIC AND ART AND BE GOOD AT SPORT.
+IN HONG KONG TODAY, AS A RESULT OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN A HARD AND FAST DEMARCATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY INTEGRATED.
+FROM A PRACTICAL VIEWPOINT, WHEN IT COMES TO STAFF RECRUITMENT MOST SCHOOL SUPERVISORS AND PRINCIPALS PREFER
TEACHERS WHO CAN ORGANISE EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN ADDITION TO TEACHING REQUIRED SUBJECTS..
BECAUSE OF THIS, MR. KONG SAID, COLLEGE HAD, IN THE PAST YEAR, ORGANISED FOR STUDENTS SOME 20 DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING MUSIC APPRECIATION, PRACTICAL DRAMA, ELOCUTION, BALL GAMES, PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS, GARDENING, CHESS, WORKING WITH ACRYLİ, SHADOW BOXING AND DESIGN FOR LIVING.
+APART FROM IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, WE BELIEVE IN EDUCATION FOR LEISURE BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEST ANTIDOTE TO THE STRAINS AND STRESSES OF CITY LIFE,+ HE SAID.
+VE THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO MAINTAIN THE IR MENTAL HEALTH AND AT THE SAME TIME COME TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEMSELVES THROUGH APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE, MUSIC, ART AND DRAMA.
COMMENTING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE COLLEGE DURING THE PAST YEAR, MR. KONG SAID THAT, TO KEEP PACE WITH CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS PLANNED TO OPEN A RESEARCH AND RESOURCES CENTRE TO CO-ORDINATE THE PLANNING AND EQUIPPING OF THE COLLEGE LIBRARY AND AUDIO-VISUAL COMPLEX.
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