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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29,
AUGUST 29, 1979
STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM FIELD STUDIES CENTRE
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TEACHERS SHOULD MAKE FULL USE OF THE FIELD STUDIES CENTRE IN SAI KUNG TO CARRY OUT ECOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL FIELD WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF HONG KONG STUDENTS, MRS. LOUISE MOK, ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS) SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN ORIENTATION COURSE FOR BIOLOGY TEACHERS OF MATRICULATION CLASSES HELD AT THE CENTRE. EIGHTY TEACHERS ATTENDED THE COURSE.
+IT IS THROUGH ACTUAL OBSERVATION AND FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE IN FIELD STUDIES TOGETHER WITH THE SHARING OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION THAT STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF PRACTICAL REALITIES INCREASES, MRS. MOK SAID.
THE FIELD STUDIES CENTRE, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, IS SITUATED IN AN AREA WHERE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF ECOLOGICAL HABITATS ARE WITHIN EASY ACCESS.
MRS. MOK SAID: THIS CENTRE IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EDUCATION AND INFORMATION SERVICE.
+IT IS DESIGNED AND EQUIPPED FOR FIELD WORK IN SUBJECTS LIKE ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY,
RESIDENTIAL ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY COURSES WILL BE OFFERED BY THE CENTRE TO MIDDLE VI OR LOWER AND UPPER FORM VI STUDENTS DURING TERM-TIME.
DURING VACATION, ORIENTATION OR REFRESHER COURSES WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR TEACHERS, WHILE TALKS ON CONSERVATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE WILL BE GIVEN TO HOLIDAY CAMPERS AT THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
TEACHERS PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S ORIENTATION COURSE ATTENDED A SERIES OF LECTURES ON ECOLOGICAL FIELD STUDIES, AFTER WHICH THEY TOURED VARIOUS TYPES OF ECOLOGICAL HABITATS IN THE AREA.
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