SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1980
TEACHERS ATTEND METRICATION SEMINAR
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MORE THAN 200 TEACHERS FROM OVER 100 SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, TODAY (SATURDAY) ATTENDED A METRICATION SEMINAR JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE SEMINAR WAS AIMED AT ENLISTING THE SUPPORT OF TEACHERS IN PROMOTING METRICATION AND IN PREPARING THEM TO CONDUCT A METRIC QUIZ FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR IN TRUE LIGHT GIRLS' COLLEGE KOWLOON THIS MORNING, PROFESSOR S.Y. KING, CHAIRMAN OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SAID, METRICATION AND EDUCATION ARE HIGHLY CO-RELATED.
+FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENTS, BASIC METRIC KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND METRICATION IN HONG KONG CANNOT BE REGARDED AS COMPLETE UNLESS THE PUBLIC ARE SUFFICIENTLY EDUCATED SO THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF APPLYING METRIC UNITS IN EVERYDAY LIFE,+ HE ADDED.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD ACHIEVED MARKED PROGRESS IN PROMOTING THE USE OF INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, PROF KING POINTED OUT, CITING THAT TEXTBOOKS IN THE RECOMMENDED BOOKLISTS WERE PUBLISHED IN SI AND EXAMINATION QUESTIONS WERE IN METRIC UNITS.
IN ADDITION, HE SAID, TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR TEACHERS HAD BEEN DESIGNED BY THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE TO HELP TEACHERS IN THE METRIC CHANGEOVER.
TEACHERS WERE PRAISED FOR THEIR ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A METRICATION ATMOSPHERE IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR, BUT THEY WERE URGED TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND USE METRIC UNITS IN ALL DAILY EXAMPLES IN TEACHING INVOLVING MEASUREMENTS.
THIS+, SAID
SAID PROF KING, IS TO REINFORCE LEARNING THROUGH CONSTANT REPETITION+.
HE DISCLOSED THAT A HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND A METRIC GUIDE FOR STUDENTS+ WILL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE SOON BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC METRIC KNOWLEDGE.
AT THE SEMINAR, MR ERIC YUNG, SENIOR METRICATION OFFICER ALSO SPOKE ON THE BACKGROUND OF METRICATION IN HONG KONG AND THE ROLE OF TEACHERS IN THE METRIC CHANGEOVER.
TEACHERS WHO TURNED UP AT TODAY'S SEMINAR ARE EXPECTED TO CONDUCT A METRIC QUIZ FOR F4 AND F5 STUDENTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS NEXT THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 27).
DURING THE SEMINAR, THEY WERE BRIEFED BY MR S.M. TONG SENIOR INSPECTOR (PHYSICS) ON WAYS TO CONDUCT AND ADJUDICATE A METRIC QUIZ.
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