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H 香港政府 GIS |新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1976

MORE TEACHERS USING AUDIO-VISUAL MEDIA

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THE CONCEPT THAT LEARNING IS A TEACHER SCRIBBLING NOTES ON THE BLACKBOARD TO BE COPIED MECHANICALLY BY STUDENTS IS CERTAINLY OUTDATED.

WITH THE HELP OF THE VISUAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, TEACHERS ARE MAKING LEARNING A MORE INTERESTING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS.

THE HELP COMES IN THE FORM OF FILMS, SLIDES, PHOTOGRAPHS CASSETTE TAPES, LEARNING PACKAGES AND OTHER A-V MEDIA WHICH ARE ON LOAN FREE OF CHARGE TO TEACHERS.

CURRENTLY, THE LIBRARY OF THE VISUAL EDUCATION SECTION HAS IN STOCK SOME 1,068 REELS OF 16 MM FILMS, 3,458 FILMSTRIPS, 218 SETS OF SLIDES, 576 RECORDED TAPES, 100 SETS OF PHOTOGRAPHS, 168 CARTRIDGES OF 8 MM LOOP FILMS, 1,028 OVERHEAD PROJECTOR TRANSPARENCIES AND SOME KITS AND LEARNING PACKAGES.

MRS MAY KWOK, SENIOR INSPECTOR IN CHARGE OF THE SECTION, POINTED OUT THAT MORE AND MORE TEACHERS WERE MAKING USE OF AUDIO- VISUAL MEDIA.

+TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF 16 MM FILM WHICH IS THE MOST POPULAR ITEM, 6,978 BORROWINGS WERE MADE IN 1973-75,+ SHE SAID, + IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, THE FIGURE REACHED 10,262.

MRS KWOK SAID THAT MOST OF THE MATERIALS WERE PURCHASED FROM OVERSEAS, BUT SOME WERE DONATED BY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OR ON LOAN FROM TRADE COMMISSIONS, CONSULATES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS.

THE VISUAL EDUCATION SECTION ALSO PRODUCES ITS OWN AUDIO- VISUAL MATERIALS. THESE ARE MAINLY PHOTOGRAPHS, SLIDES AND 8 MM FILM-LOOPS.

INFORMATION OF MATERIALS AVAILABLE IS COMMUNICATED TO SCHOOLS BY MEANS OF CATALOGUES, SUPPLEMENTS AND A PERIODICAL CALLED +A-V NEWS+, ALL OF WHICH ARE PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE.

THE +A-V NEWS+ IS ISSUED ON A REGULAR BASIS AND CONTAINS INFORMATION ON THE LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY AND OTHER NEWS ON TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS.

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

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