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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1987

TEACHERS WHO VISITED THE TEACHING AND

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RESOURCE CENTRES WOULD HAVE A CHANCE ΤΟ EXAMINE A VARIETY OF RESOURCE MATERIALS AND AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS, BOOKS, MAGAZINES, TEACHING KITS, CHARTS, TAPES AND SLIDES FOR VARIOUS SUBJECTS. THEY WOULD ALSO BE ABLE ΤΟ DUPLICATE SOME OF THE MATERIALS ON DISPLAY.

THE CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE ALSO FEATURED A NUMBER OF DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITIONS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN'S CREATIVE WORK, INCLUDING PAINTING, DRAWING, SCULPTURE, PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHY, POTTERY, GRAPHICS, CRAFTS, NEEDLEWORK AND DRESS-MAKING. THESE EXHIBITIONS ATTRACTED SOME 30,000 VISITORS INCLUDING TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS LAST YEAR, MR LAN NOTED THAT THESE PROVED TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS.

ON THE NEWLY SET UP HONG KONG TEACHERS' CENTRE LOCATING AT PAK FUK ROAD TEACHING CENTRES, MR LAN SAID IT WAS ESTABLISHEL IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 1. THE CENTRE PROVIDES MEETING PLACES AND FACILITIES FOR INFORMAL CONTACT AND DISCUSSION AMONG TEACHERS AND VENUES FOR ORGANISING LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS OF TEACHING MATERIALS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING TEACHERS ΤΟ EXCHANGE THEIR EXPERIENCE, TO PROMOTE CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENRICHMENT, AND TO FOSTER A GREATER SENSE OF UNITY AMONG THE TEACHERS.

ON THE OTHER TEACHING CENTRES WHICH WERE NOT HOUSED IN PAK FUK ROAD TEACHING CENTRES, MR LAN SAID THEY WERE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, THE CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, THE COMPUTER EDUCATION CENTRE AND THE FIELD STUDIES CENTRE.

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CITING THE CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE AS AN ASSISTING TEACHERS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING, MR LAN SAID THE CENTRE CONDUCTED 71 REFRESHER TRAINING COURSES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS FOR 3,850 TEACHERS OF CHINESE IN BOTH SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS LAST YEAR. AMONG THE COURSES AND SEMINARS, NINE OF THEM WERE ON PUTONGHUA TEACHING ATTENDED BY 560 TEACHERS,

TALKING ON PUTONGHUA TEACHING IN SCHOOLS, MR LAN SAID 310 PRIMARY SCHOOLS OFFERED PUTONGHUA AS AN OPTIONAL SUBJECT DURING LAST ACADEMIC YEAR. AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, A PILOT PUTONGHUA SCHEME HAD ENTERED ITS THIRD AND FINAL SUCCESSFUL YEAR WITH 51 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR. ANOTHER 62 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE ALSO OFFERING PUTONGHUA AS A SUBJECT OUTSIDE THE PILOT SCHEME.

TURNING TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, MR LAN SAID THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (CDC) AND ITS 10 SUBJECT COMMITTEES WERK RESPONSIBLE FOR CURRICULUM RENEWAL AT PRE-PRIMARY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS.

/ON MAJOR