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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1979
RESIDENTIAL FIELD STUDY COURSES
FOR STUDENTS FULLY BOOKED *****
ALL RESIDENTIAL COURSES ON GEOGRAPHY AND BIOLOGY FOR
MATRICULATION STUDENTS AT THE FIELD STUDIES CENTRE IN THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR HAVE BEEN FULLY BOOKED, ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MRS. LOUISE MOK SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
+THIS SHOWS THE PROGRESSIVENESS AND OPEN ATTITUDE OF OUR
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS, SHE SAID.
MRS. MOK WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE
ORIENTATION COURSE FOR GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS AT THE CENTRE IN SAI KUNG.
+I DO HOPE THAT TEACHERS WILL MAKE FULL USE OF THIS CENTRE TO IMPROVE THEIR TEACHING- AND THAT STUDENTS WILL FIND IT ENJOYABLE TO STUDY IN AN OPEN, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT THEY MAY CULTIVATE A GENUINE CONCERN FOR PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF OUR COUNTRYSIDE, SHE SAID,
THERE HAS BEEN A MOVE IN THE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY FROM MERELY LEARNING FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE EARTH TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERACTION OF MAN AND THE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS.
NEW GEOGRAPHY, MRS. MOK SAID, ADVOCATES GENERATION AND TESTING OF HYPOTHESES, SCIENTIFIC QUANTITATIVE APPROACH AND OPERATION OF MODELS.
THE FIELD STUDIES CENTRE WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITH A VIEW TO HELPING TEACHERS TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGES IN NEW CHANGES OF TEACHING METHODS, SHE SAID.
ORIENTATION COURSES FOR TEACHERS WILL BE ORGANISED REGULARLY AT THE CENTRE TO FAMILIARISE THEM WITH THE VARIOUS NEARBY LANDSCAPES AND ENABLE THEM TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH MODERN APPROACHES IN FIELDWORK.
+THIS WILL ALSO GIVE A CHANCE TO MOST OF OUR URBAN TEACHERS TO APPRECIATE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE AREA BEFORE ACTUALLY CONDUCTING FIELDWORK WITH THEIR STUDENTS,+ MRS. MOK SAID.
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