|
Hong Kong and Shaanxi Special Education Academic Exchange
Professor Kenneth Sin Kuen-fung, Director of the Centre for Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education (CSENIE) of The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), and Dr Poon Chung-yee, Assistant Project Manager, led a team of 30 people to Xi’an in Shaanxi province, China from 11 to 14 December 2016 for an academic exchange.
Sponsored by the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, the exchange activities were designed to allow participants to visit special education units in the mainland and study the development of special education services to broaden their horizons. In addition to the participation of Mr Chan Tai-fuk, Evaluation and Assessment Committee Member of the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, and Mr Siu Hoi-ting, Senior Executive, EdUHK students, principals from Hong Kong’s mainstream and special schools, heads of educational organisations and experts in special education formed a team of curriculum consultants to understand special education development and training in Shaanxi, assist in improving the quality of special education training for mainland Chinese teachers and explore strategies for the development of special education in the country’s western region. The group also participated in the Outcome Sharing and Memorandum Signing Symposium organised by the School of Education at Shaanxi Normal University, and appointed Special Course Consultants and students from the two universities to conduct the Student Seminar: Four Questions for Special Education. The exchange strengthened the collaboration and student exchange between the two universities and played an active role in supporting the development of special education in the mainland.
-
Group photo at the Outcome Sharing and Memorandum Signing Symposium
-
Professor Kenneth Sin Kuen-fung, Director of CSENIE at EdUHK (left), and Professor Chen Peng, Head of the School of Education at Shaanxi Normal University (right), sign the Memorandum
-
The exchange group visits a special education school and presents souvenirs to the principal
|
