WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1984
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THIS YEAR, HE SAID, THE EASTERN DISTRICT HAD ORGANISED OVER 150 RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS EVENTS FOR YOUTHS IN THE DISTRICT.
THEY INCLUDE TRAINING CAMPS, POTTED-PLANT COMPETITIONS, BALL GAMES AND OTHER ENTERTAINING ACTIVITIES FOCUSSING ON THE THEME +HEALTH, HELP AND HAPPINESS+.
THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, CO-ORDINATED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT YOUTH RECREATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD, WILL COST $95 500.
MORAL EDUCATION MUST FEATURE STUDENTS' NEEDS
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EFFECTIVE MORAL EDUCATION MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT STUDENTS HAVE INDIVIDUAL AND PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS COLLECTIVE INTERESTS, MR JOHN WINFIELD, ACTING SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT), SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MORAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES COULD NOT BE IMPOSED, AND HAD TO DEVELOP FROM WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO REFLECT THE INTERESTS AND NEEDS OF SPECIFIC GROUPS OF STUDENTS, HE SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A TWO-DAY EXHIBITION ON MORAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS BEING HELD AT QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL.
THE EXHIBITION IS ON UNTIL TOMORROW (THURSDAY), FROM 9 AM TO 4.30 PM.
THE UNDERLYING POLICY OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S APPROACH TOWARDS MORAL EDUCATION IS THAT MORAL VALUES ARE MOST EFFECTIVELY INCULCATED THROUGH THE WHOLE CURRICULUM AND IN THE CORPORATE LIFE OF THE SCHOOL.
+ALTHOUGH OUR ADVISORY SERVICES ARE IN NO SENSE PRESCRIPTIVE, WE HAVE FOUND THAT OUR REGULAR SEMINARS FOR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CREATING FOCAL POINTS FOR ISSUES OF GENERAL CONCERN AND WE INTEND TO CONTINUE TO PLAN FURTHER SEMINARS ON SIMILAR LINES FOR THE FUTURE,+ MR WINFIELD SAID.
JUDGING FROM THE EXHIBITS, HE SAID TEACHERS WERE NO LONGER SATISFIED WITH TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO BASIC UNIVERSAL MOR AL CONCEPTS.
+THEY HAVE DEVISED MORE EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES, WHICH ARE MUCH MORE STIMULATING AND MORE DIRECT IN THEIR PERSONAL APPEAL TO YOUNG PEOPLE,+ HE ADDED.
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