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TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1978

SCHOOL PRAISED FOR TAKING PART IN

NEW APPROACH TO SOCIAL STUDIES

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THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. ARTHUR BROWN, TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE STAFF AND PUPILS OF CHUEN YUEN COLLEGE, TSUEN WAN, WHO ARE HELPING TO PIONEER A NEW APPROACH TO SOCIAL STUDIES.

MR. BROWN WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A SPECIAL EXHIBITION STAGED BY PUPILS AT THE SCHOOL TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL PHASE OF TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES AS AN

INTEGRATED SUBJECT.

+THE LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED IN THIS EXPERIMENTAL PHASE WILL HELP TO GUIDE NEW SCHOOLS TAKING UP THE SUBJECT, HE SAID.

+LOOKING AT WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, NO ONE COULD POSSIBLY DOUBT THE VALUE OF SOCIAL STUDIES AND ITS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE

IN DEVELOPING YOUNG PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE AND TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

+LIVING IN A HIGHLY-INDUSTRIALISED SOCIETY LIKE HONG KONG, LIFE HAS BECOME MUCH MORE COMPLICATED AND THE PRESSURES FROM ALL SIDES VERY GREAT.

+COMPETITION ITSELF IS GROWING EVEN MORE INTENSE AND THE NOISE AND BUSTLE AND CROWDING ASSOCIATED WITH AN INDUSTRIAL CITY CAN BE VERY TRYING IF WE ARE NOT WELL-BALANCED

INDIVIDUALS WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THE ADVANTAGES THAT CAN BE GAINED FROM INCREASED PROSPERITY.

+WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND OUR ENVIRONMENT, CONTRIBUTE TO ITS IMPROVEMENT AND LEARN HOW TO WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBOUR FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL.

+THIS IS REALLY WHAT SOCIAL STUDIES IS ALL ABOUT UNDERSTANDING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND LEARNING TO MAKE THE MOST OF

IT.+

MR. BROWN SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT AN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS HAD BEEN FORMED RECENTLY.

+1 AM SURE THIS ASSOCIATION WILL HELP ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF SOCIAL STUDIES JUST AS THE SUCCESS OF INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN SCHOOLS OWES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO THE EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE AND MATHS TEACHERS, HE ADDED.

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