Established as the Faculty of Education and Human Development initiative at The Education University of Hong Kong, Diversity through Understanding Equity in Teaching (also known as DUET) is launched to enable teachers to see diversity as integral to their teaching. We aim to equip teachers with a stronger sense of cultural awareness, the skills and knowledge for supporting an inclusive classroom, and an understanding of the need to create one.
Such understanding cannot stem from a comprehensive curriculum alone. The reality of diversity should also be exhibited in the learning experience of future teachers. By engaging with both curriculum and pedagogy, not only do promote the value of cultural inclusion but also aim at improving the existing teacher education.
Mission
Value
To promote the importance of creating inclusive and equitable classrooms
Knowledge
To develop a systematic understanding of cultural diversity
Practice
To reinvent the curriculum and pedagogy of teacher education
Globally Minded Community Learning Programme:
- Reflect on the global perspectives and values related to Hong Kong’s diverse community and school contexts
- Heighten the cultural awareness of young people and teachers in Hong Kong through community and experiential learning activities
- Develop Standards for Inclusive and Equitable Education and mutual support initiatives based on the feedback of community members and education professionals regarding Hong Kong’s multicultural talent pool
Lesson Plan Competition
Multicultural Human Library
Multicultural Design Thinking Workshops
Globally Minded Teacher Learning Programme
- Develop an informal learning program and relevant resources for teacher educators to advance pedagogies that prepare pre-service teachers for catering to learning and cultural diversity (Equal Opportunities Commission, 2019)
- Provide a focused global citizenship knowledge base through experiential learning for pre-service teachers in anticipation of learning contexts in which “life experiences of non-Chinese speaking students are different from that of Chinese speaking students” (Oxfam Hong Kong, Loh, & Hung, 2020, p. 11)
- Guide pre-service teachers to reflect and draw on this knowledge base to create supportive and inclusive learning environments for all learners
Multicultural Video Making Competition
Featuring seminar - Be a Globally Minded Teacher!
Virtual Discovery Tours
Resources
Respecting Different Cultures in Hong Kong
Four Attitudes of Cultural Appreciation
Multiculturalism in Workplace
Acknowledgement
Source: Dr GUBE Jan Christian C (Department of Curriculum and Instruction); Dr BHOWMIK Miron Kumarfor (Department of Education Policy and Leadership); for more information, please click Read More
