THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1980
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EDUCATORS URGED TO BRIDGE SCHOOL AND LIFE
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE INTEGRATED WITH THE CURRICULUM IN ORDER TO HELP THE STUDENTS RELATE CLASSROOM LEARNING TO REAL LIFE, MR KENNETH TOPLEY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY THURSDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN DAY OF THE LOK SIN TONG YU KAN HING SCHOOL IN KOWLOON.
MR TOPLEY SAID CONDITIONS IN CLASSROOMS DID NOT ALWAYS APPLY TO OUR EVERYDAY LIFE, AND CHILDREN MIGHT FIND IT HARD TO RELATE BETWEEN SCHOOL AND LIFE.
+PART OF A TEACHER'S JOB IS TO HELP THE CHILD TO MAKE THIS BRIDGE BETWEEN THE STRUCTURED WORLD OF SCHOOL AND THE REST OF LIFE, WHICH IS MUCH LESS STRUCTURED, HE SAID.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THE DIRECTOR FELT, COULD BE USED TO HELP BRIDGE THIS GAP.
+THEY ARE PRACTICAL, INTERESTING, REQUIRE INITIATIVE AND TAKE PLACE SOMETIMES ON AND SOMETIMES OFF SCHOOL PREMISES, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, HE CAUTIONED THAT SUCH ACTIVITIES COULD REINFORCE THE IDEA IN THE MIND OF THE PUPIL THAT SCHOOL AND LIFE WERE DIFFERENT UNLESS THE CHILD CAN PERCEIVE A CONNECTION BETWEEN WHAT HE DOES AS EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY AND WHAT HE DOES IN THE CLASSROOM. +
+THIS SUGGESTS STRONGLY THAT EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE INTEGRATED WITH THE CURRICULUM, SO ONE CAN ILLUMINATE THE OTHER, MR TOPLEY SAID.
HE SAID IMAGINATIVE CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A SCHOOL WAS THE BEST WAY OF MAKING EDUCATION MORE ALIVE, AND COULD HELP TO DEEPEN A CHILD'S PERCEPTION OF PURPOSE IN EDUCATION.
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