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SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1989
MR WINFIELD SAID HE
HOPED THESE
WOULD DEVELOPMENTS
PROVIDE STIMULATING
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WHICH WOULD BE BOTH
AND EDUCATIONALLY REWARDING.
THE PROVISION TURNING TO
OF FURTHER SCIENCE EDUCATION TO MR WINFIELD SAID A NON-SCIENCE STUDENTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY FORMS,
AN BROAD-BASED MULTI-DISCIPLINE SCIENCE COURSE WOULD BE INTRODUCED AS
4-5 NOT ADDITIONAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE COURSE FOR STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SPECIALISING IN THE SUBJECT.
"APART FROM BEING A
CONTINUATION OF THE INTEGRATED SCIENCE
LEVEL, THIS COURSE AT THE JUNIOR SECONDARY
COURSE WOULD ENCOMPASS VARIOUS SCIENCE CONCEPTS, SKILLS AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE DRAWN FROM DISCIPLINES, WITH DUR EMPHASIS ON THE
AND SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL EVERYDAY APPLICATION OF SCIENCE, HE SAID.
IDEA, "IN DEVELOPING THIS
WE ENVISAGE THAT THE CURRICULUM VARIED NEEDS OF
CONTENT OF SUCH A COURSE WILL HAVE TO CATER FOR THE STUDENTS OF A WIDE RANGE OF ABILITIES IF IT IS TO PROVIDE AND WORTHWHILE SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR NON-SCIENCE STUDENTS JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL.
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A BALANCED BEYOND THE
THE MR WINFIELD SAID A CONSULTATIVE PAPER ON
PROPOSED COURSE
BY GIVEN
MEMBERS OF WAS NOW BEING DRAFTED FOLLOWING STRONG SUPPORT THE SCIENCE SUBJECT COMMITTEE OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
THE PAPER WOULD OUTLINE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION IN RATIONALE HONG KONG, AND ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESENT SITUATION AND THE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF SUCH A SCIENCE COURSE
4-5 FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS IN NON-SCIENCE STREAMS. TOGETHER WITH A PROPOSED SKELETAL SYLLABUS.
COMING ACADEMIC YEAR IT WOULD BE SENT TO SCHOOLS IN THE
BE VIEWS AND COMMENTS. A SERIES OF SEMINARS WOULD ALSO
ORGANISED BRIEF SCIENCE TEACHERS ON THE PROPOSAL, MR WINFIELD SAID.
FOR
TO
HE URGED CONSULTATIVE PAPER CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK.
SCIENCE
AND PRINCIPALS
TO TEACHERS
STUDY WHEN IT WAS READY AND TO RESPOND BY GIVING
THE
**I HOPE THAT
PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS WILL RECOGNISE THE AVAILABLE TO DESIRABILITY OF MAKING ANOTHER SCIENCE ELECTIVE SUBJECT THEIR NON-SCIENCE PUPILS AT SECONDARY 4-5 AND GIVE THEIR FULL TO THIS PROPOSED COURSE, MR WINFIELD ADDED.
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SUPPORT
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