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SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1974
JOINT ART-MATHS SEMINAR FOR 250 TEACHERS
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MORE THAN 250 TEACHERS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND A SEMINAR DESIGNED TO EXPLORE THE LINKS BETWEEN TEACHING ART AND MATHEMATICS AT THE CARITAS COMMUNITY HALL IN CAINE ROAD ON MONDAY.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ORGANISED BY THE ART AND MATHEMATICS SECTIONS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE FOR A PROPOSED REVISION OF THE MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS IN HONG KONG SCHOOLS.
AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY DESCRIBED THE SEMINAR AS +EXPERIMENTALot
HE SAID: IN THE PAST, SUCH SEMINARS HAVE BEEN CONFINED BASICALLY TO TEACHING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES.
+THIS SEMINAR IS REALLY ABOUT WIDENING THE PROFESSIONAL HORIZONS OF THE TEACHERS. IT IS TO PROVIDE THE TEACHERS CONCERNED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND TALKS GIVEN BY SPECIALISTS, TO STUDY THE CORRELATION OF THESE TWO SUBJECTS, TO VIEW THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBJECTS IN A NEW LICHT AND TO DISCUSS TOPICS OF COMMON INTEREST.
+ONE OF THE AIMS OF THE HALF-DAY SEMINAR IS TO DISCOVER IF ANY ADJUSTMENT OF THE MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS CAN BE MADE TO FIT IN WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF OTHER SUBJECTS.+
THE CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE SEMINAR ARE MR. F. PARKIN, INSPECTOR (MATHEMATICS) AND MR. KUOK CHIU-LEUNG, INSPECTOR CART).
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. ARTHUR BROUN, WILL MAKE AN INTRODUCTORY SPEECH TO OPEN THE SEMINAR.
SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THOSE LECTURES DELIVERED IN ENGLISH.
THE SEMINAR WILL START AT 9.30 A.M. AND END AT 1 P.M.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE SEMINAR COVERED. THE LECTURERS ARE MR. G. WILLS, VICE PRINCIPAL OF KING CEORGE V SCHOOL MR. C. BRAMWELL, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT AND MR. CHENG SHIU-CHING, LECTURER, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION,
CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. MR. M.F. GRIFFITH, SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER (CULTURAL CRAFTS),
WILL DO THE SUMMING UP.
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