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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1992
NEW SCHOOL GUIDANCE APPROACH
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GUIDANCE IN SCHOOLS SHOULD NO LONGER ASSUME THE TRADITIONAL CASE-WORK APPROACH BUT SHOULD EMPHASISE ON COMMUNICATION, BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR AMONG STUDENTS.
THIS AT IN
SAID THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC SW WONG, THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF THE DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL TODAY (FRIDAY) GASCOIGNE ROAD IN YAU MA TEI.
ASSIST
SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE THE WHOLE-SCHOOL WE ARE NOW COMPILING FORMAL GUIDELINES FOR DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS IN THE NEXT FEW
"IN ORDER то APPROACH TO GUIDANCE, REFERENCE. THESE WILL BE MONTIIS, MR WONG SAID.
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THERE WILL ALSO BE:
MORE GUIDANCE VISITS TO SCHOOLS;
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SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS;
PRE-SERVICE AND REFRESHER TRAINING COURSES FOR GUIDANCE TEACHERS; AND
PROGRAMME FUNDS FOR GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES.
IMPORTANT
HOMES
MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS
TO SUPPLEMENT THE WHOLE-SCHOOL APPROACH WITH A MECHANISM FOR BRINGING SCHOOLS AND CLOSER TOGETHER TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND SCHOOLS.
THESE WOULD PROVIDE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF STUDENTS AND
GIVE AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING.
*I INTEND TO ESTABLISH A CENTRALISED COMMITTEE ON HOME-SCHOOL WAYS OF STRENGTHENING CO-OPERATION WITHIN THREE MONTHS TO ADVISE ON HOME-SCHOOL CO-OPERATION, TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH IN THIS FIELD ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS TO SET UP PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS," HE SAID.
AND ΤΟ
DRAWN
AND
WOULD BE
GROUPS, PARENT
MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE WIDE AND FROM SCHOOLS AT DIFFERENT
LEVELS, TEACHERS, EXPERIENCED AND INTERESTED PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD, HE ADDED.
MR WONG ALSO PRAISED THE DIOCESAN OUTSTANDING RESULTS
THE ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
IN
GIRLS' FIELD,
SCHOOL
FOR ITS
EXTRA-CURRICULAR
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