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香港政府

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

DECEMBER

NEW WAYS TO TRAIN TECHNICAL TEACHERS

AN INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHOD IS BEING ADOPTED BY THE NEWLY OPENED HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE THE FIRST FULLY-FLEDGED INSTITUTION FOR TECHNICAL TEACHER TTRAINING IN HONG KONG.

+AS IT IS A COMPLETELY NEW ESTABLISHMENT. WE ARE FREE TO TRY OUT OUR IDEAS WITHOUT BEING TIED DOWN BY THE TRADITIONAL SYSTEM+, MR. PETER SMITH, PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLEGE SAID TODAY.

WORKING TOWARDS THE GOAL OF PREPARING NEW ENTRANTS TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND RAISING THE STANDARD OF TECHNICAL TEACHING IN HONG KONG, EVERY MODERN EDUCATIONAL DEVICE WILL BE EMPLOYED.

THROUGH GUIDED DISCOVERY TECHNIQUES, STUDENTS GRASP THE ESSENTIALS OF THE COURSES BY READING TEXTBOOKS SUPPLEMENTED BY SLIDES AND TAPE-RECORDED LECTURE MATERIALS.

THESE EDUCATIONAL AIDS CAN BE BORROWED FROM A RESOURCE UNIT WHICH IS SET UP IN THE FORM OF A LIBRARY. IN THIS WAY. TUTORS WILL NO LONGER BE LIMITED TO THE ROLE OF TRANSMITTING KNOWLEDGE, THEY WILL BE AT HAND TO OFFER ADVICE AND SUPERVISION.

IN THIS WAY, STUDENTS CAN APPRECIATE THE EXCITEMENT OF DISCOVERING FOR THEMSELVES, AS OPPOSED TO THE USUAL PRACTICE OF BEING SPOON-FED BY THE LECTURERS. MOREOVER, FEELING FREE TO GO AT THEIR OWN PACE, STUDENTS FIND IT EASIER TO DIGEST THE LESSONS.

+IN OUR COLLEGE, FLEXIBILITY IS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE, BECAUSE WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN ANY HARD AND FAST RULE BY WHICH STUDENTS CAN BE TRAINED TO TEACH. INSTEAD. THE EMPHASIS IS ON KEEN OBSERVATION OF THE STUDENTS' PERSONAL FLAIR AND TALENT. AND TUTORS CAN THEN DERIVE A MEANS TO CORRECT AND IMPROVE UPON HIS WORK+, MR. SMITH SAID.

TO FACILITATE OBSERVATION, THE STUDENTS ARE DIVIDED INTO MICRO-CLASSES, AND THEIR PERFORMANCES ARE RECORDED BY CLOSED-CIRCUIT TV, TO BE PLAYED BACK AFTERWARDS AND COMMENTED UPON BY TUTORS AND CLASSMATES.

TURNING TO THE CONTENTS OF EDUCATION OFFERED IN THE COLLEGE, MR. SMITH NOTED THAT TO ATTAIN A WELL-BALANCED CURRICULUM, EMPHASIS HAD BEEN LAID BOTH ON EDUCATIONAL AS WELL AS TECHNICAL ELEMENTS, AND TO THIS END SUBJECTS SUCH AS PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND ENGLISH ARE TAUGHT.

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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