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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1975.

IN-SERVICE COURSE FOR TEACHERS

ON DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

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THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE WILL RUN A 20-WEEK IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE ON DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

THE COURSE, DESIGNED TO RE-ORIENTATE TEACHERS IN THE SUBJECTS TRADITIONALLY DESIGNATED AS PRACTICAL EDUCATION TOWARDS A NEW CREATIVE APPROACH, WILL BE OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, ON SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 22) AT 10 A.M. AT THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL, IN WOOD ROAD, WANCHAI.

SUBJECTS OF THIS COURSE WILL INCLUDE WOODWORK, METALWORK AND TECHNICAL DRAWING.

THE ULTIMATE AIM IS TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING THE PRESENT SKILL-ORIENTATED SYLLABUS TO A PROBLEM-SOLVING ONE, THUS ENCOURAGING THE PUPILS AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS TO DEVELOP A WIDER RANGE OF EXPERIENCES IN DECISION-MAKING.

+THIS DEMONSTRATES THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION TO DEVELOP PRACTICAL EDUCATION AS ENVISAGED FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL OUTLINED IN THE WHITE PAPER, THE CONVENOR OF IN-SERVICE TECHNICAL EDUCATION, MR. JOHN HOWELL SAID TODAY.

MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, THE POLYTECHNIC AND THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE OPENING CEREMONY, HE SAID.

THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A SELECTION OF BOOKS

AND PUBLICATIONS ON DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY.

THERE WILL ALSO BE AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORK DOME BY STUDENTS OF THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE AND PUPILS OF THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL WHO ARE ALREADY BEING TAUGHT THE TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS THROUGH A PHILOSOPHY OF DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, MR. HOWELL SAID.

GIVING MORE INFORMATION ON THE COURSE, MR. HOWELL SAID IT WILL BE CONDUCTED AT TWO CENTRES - THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE IN VANCHAT AND THE KOWLOON TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN ŠIAM SHUT PO.

THE COURSE WILL CONSIST OF LECTURES, SEMINARS AND PRACTICAL WORK TO BE HELD TWICE A WEEK FOR 18 WEEKS. THE REMAINING TWO WEEKS WILL BE A FULL-TIME SUMMER SCHOOL TO DE FOLLOWED BY AN EXHIBITION OF WORK DONE BY PARTICIPANTS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE OPENING CEREMONY ON SATURDAY COVERED.

MR. HOWELL, WHO IS SENIOR LECTURER (DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY), HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE, CAN BE CONTACTED FOR INTERVIEWS AT THE COLLEGE, 373 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, HONG KONG (TEL. 5-723459).

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