TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1978
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CONSULTANTS SEE HOW SCIENCE IS TAUGHT IN HONG KONG
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A FIVE-MEMBER TEAM OF CONSULTANTS FROM THE UNITED STATES CALLED AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) FOR TALKS WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS AND GAINED AN INSIGHT INTO SCIENCE EDUCATION AND PRACTICE IN HONG KONG.
THE TEAM, FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY CENTRES BASED IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WAS MET BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL), MR. N.M. HO- THE DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, MRS. LOUISE MOK, AND STAFF FROM THE SCIENCE SECTION.
NEXT THE TEAM VISITED ST. STEPHEN GIRLS' COLLEGE WHERE THEY SAW A SCIENCE CLASS AT WORK, AND LATER THE NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH SCIENCE LECTURERS.
THE TEAM IS CURRENTLY ON A VISIT AT THE INVITATION OF THE URBAN COUNCIL TO ADVISE ON A PROPOSED MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG, ITS MEMBERS ARE MR, DANIEL MACMASTER, DR. WATSON LAETSCH, DR. BRADFORD WASHBURN, MR. RUSSELL PEITHMAN AND MR. MICHAEL TEMPLETON.
TODAY'S VISIT TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE COLLEGES IS TO ASSIST THEM IN THEIR ASSESSMENT OF THE AUDIENCE LEVEL AND AREAS WHICH THE PROPOSED MUSEUM SHOULD AIM AT.
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