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MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1974

MATHEMATICS TEACHING CENTRES

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO HOLD A SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TO ACQUAINT PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS WITH THE FUNCTIONS OF TWO NEW MATHEMATICS TEACHING CENTRES.

IT WILL BE OPENED ON DECEMBER 28 BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL), MR. HO NGA-ING, AND MORE THAN 1,000 SCHOOLS HEADS AND TEACHERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT AT BOTH THE SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION WHICH WILL MARK THE INAUGURATION OF THE TWO CENTRES - ONE AT THE TANNER ROAD POLICE PRIMARY SCHOOL, HONG KONG, AND THE OTHER AT THE MA TAU CHUNG GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL, KOWLOON.

SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE FIRST CENTRE IN NOVEMBER 1972 AND THE SECOND ONE A YEAR AGO, ABOUT 1,600 TEACHERS HAVE ATTENDED 96 COURSES OR WORKSHOPS ORGANISED BY THE MATHEMATICS SECTION OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE.

THE THEME OF THE SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION REFLECTS THE CHINESE PROVERB + DO AND I UNDERSTAND+, I.E. LEARNING BY DOING.

AT THE ONE-DAY EXHIBITION, 60 STUDENTS FROM THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION WILL DEMONSTRATE THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT USED AT TWO CENTRES.

+HOWEVER,+ AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, IT MUST BE EMPHASISED THAT THE CBJECT IS NOT TO SHOW TEACHERS HOW THEY THEMSELVES CAN USE THE EQUIPMENT, BUT RATHER, HOW THEY CAN TEACH THE CHILDREN TO USE THE EQUIPMENT.+

SLIDES AND PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES HELD ON PREVIOUS COURSES AT THESE CENTRES FOR MATHEMATICAL STUDIES WILL BE DISPLAYED.

+NOT ONLY WILL TEACHERS BE ABLE TO SEE HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT OF CLASSROOMS BY THE RE-ARRANGEMENT OF DESKS AND OTHER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, BUT THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE TEACHERS IN ACTION IN CLASSROOMS RE-ARRANGED IN THIS WAY.+

+ IN ADDITION, THEY WILL BE SHOWN OVERSEAS CENTRES AND THE WAY THEY ARE MANAGED. SOME OF THESE HAVE DHEN DEVELOPED TO THE STAGE WHERE THEY FULFIL A VARIETY OF FUNCTIONS SUCH AS WORKSHOPS, RESOURCE CENTRES AND MEETING PLACES FOR TEACHERS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

SLIDES WILL ALSO BE SHOWN OF SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG THAT HAVE ADOPTED ACTIVITY AND CHILD CENTRED METHODS.

+TEACHERS SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASSROOM ORGANISATION USED IN THIS KIND OF WORK,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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