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TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1979

EDUCATOR EMPHASISES ON BALANCED EDUCATION

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THE IMPORTANCE OF A BALANCED EDUCATION WAS STRONGLY EMPHASISED BY MR. ARTHUR BROWN, SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) TODAY (TUESDAY) WHEN HE OPENED AN ART, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION AT ISLAND SCHOOL,

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR. BROWN SAID THERE

WAS A TIME WHEN IT WAS FELT THAT THE SO-CALLED NON-ACADEMIC SUBJECTS COULD BE RESERVED FOR LESS-ABLE STUDENTS AND THAT BRIGHT CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BOTHER WITH SUCH SUBJECTS BUT SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON MORE ACADEMIC MATTERS.

+THINGS ARE NOW DIFFERENT AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CURRICULA IN THE FIELD OF ART AND DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, THIS AREA HAS GREAT ATTRACTION FOR ABLE AS WELL AS LESS-ABLE STUDENTS,+ HE SAID.

WHILE THESE SUBJECTS WERE STILL ENTIRELY PRACTICAL IN NATURE, MR, BROWN POINTED OUT, THEY WERE NO LONGER BASED ON REPETITIVE WORK BUT ENCOURAGED ORIGINAL THINKING AND EXERCISE IN PROBLEM SOLVING.

+J AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT ISLAND SCHOOL HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN THIS FIELD AND NOW THESE SUBJECTS ARE BEING TAKEN UP IN MANY SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG. YOUR SCHOOL IS TO BE CONGRATULATED ON BEING SO FAR SIGHTED AND ON THE EXCELLENT PROGRESS YOUR STUDENTS HAVE MADE, MR. BROWN SAID.

COMMENTING ON THE SCHOOL'S

SCHOOL'S INTEREST IN MICRO-COMPUTERS, HE SAID: +AGAIN YOU ARE IN THE FOREFRONT OF PROGRESS IN MODERN EDUCATIONAL IDEAS AND IT IS HOPED THAT BEFORE LONG EVERY SCHOOL WILL BECOME INTERESTED IN THEM,+

THE MICRO-COMPUTER, APART FROM ITS USE IN SOLVING PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE, CAN BE USED TO ILLUSTRATE COMPUTER PRINCIPLES AND GIVE STUDENTS AN INSIGHT INTO THE ROLE OF COMPUTERS IN THE MODERN WORLD.

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