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 Seminar
on "Factors Shaping the Demand of Teachers in Hong Kong in the
Past and Next Decades" (14 October
2004)
Regional
Symposium and Seminar on "Small Class Teaching in the East Asian
Region" (18 & 19 February 2004)
Seminar
on "Teacher Education in the United States: The challenges, politicization
and possible futures" jointly organised with the School of Foundations
in Educaiton (11 February 2004)
Seminar
on "Increasing Opportunities for Learning in Small Classes" (10 December
2003)
Seminar on "Is
Small Better? The Effect of Class Size on Pupil Performance and Teaching
Quality" (5 November 2003)
Seminar
on "Small Class Teaching in Practice"
jointly organised with the Department of Educational Policy and
Administration (16 July 2003)
Seminar
on "Tensions in Teacher Education Reform in the United States" (22
January 2003)
Seminar
on "From Shanghai to Hong Kong: The Policy and Implementation of Small
Class Teaching" (19 November 2002)
Seminar
on "Teacher Professionalism and Teacher Education Policy in Hong Kong:
Continuity and Transformation" (13 June 2002)
Seminar
on "Reflections on the BEd and PGCE Routes into Teaching" (8 May 2002)
Staff
Forum on "Higher Education Review" (26 April 2002)
Seminar
on "Workplace and Adult Education" (16 April 2002)
Seminar
on "Recent Trends in Teacher Education in the USA and their Implications
for Hong Kong" (18 March 2002)
Seminar
on Strategic Planning (23 May 2001)
Seminar
on "Factors Shaping the Demand of Teachers in Hong Kong in the
Past and Next Decades (14 October 2004)
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Few
educational issues have received more attention in the past year than the issue of teacher demand and employment. In the media, the change in demand of teachers has
often been simply attributed to demographic trends. Nevertheless, through an analysis of teacher statistics and policy papers,
Dr Lai Kwok Chan, Head of Planning and Academic Implementation highlighted at the seminar
the multiple factors shaping the demand of teachers in Hong Kong in the past decade. Based on recent population projections, he also portrayed the projected school enrolment in the next decade,
and its impact on teacher demand at different school levels.
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Regional
Symposium and Seminar on "Small Class Teaching in the East
Asian Region" (18 & 19 February 2004)
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Amidst
education reforms, many East Asian countries/regions have
implemented small
class teaching at various levels to improve quality of teaching
and learning in basic education. In light of the experiences
of our East Asian neighbours would be valuable input to the prevailing
debate
over
implementing
small class teaching in Hong Kong, the Department of Educational
Policy & Administration and the Office of Planning
& Academic Implementation of HKIEd, together with the Comparative
Education Society of Hong Kong, jointly
organised a Regional Symposium and Seminar on small class teaching
in the East Asian Region.
Regional
Symposium: Policy and Practice of Small Class Teaching
in the East Asian Region (18 February 2004)
The
Regional Symposium was a one day event held on 18 February 2004.
Prof Paul Morris,
President of HKIEd, inaugurated the Symposium by giving an opening
address. The invited guests, including scholars/education officials
from Shanghai, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Macau and Hong Kong,
shared with participants their experiences and research findings on policies and practices related to small
class teaching in their home country/region. Details of the 7
scholars/education officials, together with their presented papers,
are set out below.
Shanghai - Mr
MAO Fang (Director of Shanghai Municipal Education, Science, Culture & Health)
Taiwan -
Prof CHANG Ching Bin (Associate Professor of Chungtai Institute
of Health Sciences and Technology)
Japan -
Prof YAOSAKA Osamu (Professor of Educational Administration Department,
Kyushu University)
South
Korea - Dr Soomyung JANG (Head of Research Team of Educational
Finance and Economy, Korean Educational Development Institute)
Macau
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Ms CHAN Pou Wan (Deputy Chief of Education Department,
Education & Youth Affairs Bureau)
Hong
Kong - Mr IP Kin Yuen (Lecturer of Department of Educational
Policy & Administration, HKIEd) and Dr LAI Kwok Chan (Head
of Planning & Academic Implementation, HKIEd)
Seminar:
Practice of Small Class Teaching in the East Asian Region: Sharing
Experiences with Local Educators (19 February 2004)
Over
100 participants and local educators tapped the experiences of
their counterparts in Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, Shanghai and
Japan in the half-day seminar held on 19 February 2004. The local
participants have engaged in heated discussion with the overseas
speakers on the practice of small class teaching. They are particularly
interested in how small class teaching can be practiced in Hong
Kong to benefit students most; and what shortcomings that Hong
Kong can avoid by learning from other East Asian places.
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Seminar
on "Teacher Education in the United States: The challenges,
politicization and possible futures" jointly organised with
the School of Foundations in Education (11 February 2004)
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Teacher
Education in the United States has recently faced many challenges,
including government and public criticism of pre-service education
and Colleges of Education being perceived as hindering quality
entrants to join teaching. The Office of PAI and the School of
Foundations in Education (SFE) co-organized a seminar on "Teacher
Education in the United States: The challenges, politicization
and possible futures". We are honourable to have invited two experienced
teacher educators, Professor John Cogan, from the University of
Minnesota and Professor Marilyn Johnston, from the University of
Ohio State University to share with participants on the topic.
They discussed the challenges faced by educators in the United
States and the politicization of education through federal policy.
The seminar was concluded by an analysis of the possible futures
of teacher education in the States. Please click here for
the presentation materials.
Staff
members who are interested in the topic may also read the recently
published Education Commission of the States Report, 'Eight
Questions on Teacher Preparation; What Does the Research Say?'
available at http://www.ecs.org/educationissues/teachingquality/tpreport/home/index.asp
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Seminar
on "Increasing Opportunities for Learning in Small Classes" (10
December 2003)
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Following
our last seminar on 'Is Small Better? The
Effect of Class Size on Pupil Performance and Teaching Quality.', Professor
Maurice Galton, the Associate Director of Research in Homerton
College at the Cambridge University, had kindly offered us another
seminar on 'Increasing Opportunities for Leaning in Small Classes'.
In this seminar, Professor Galton followed up his argument in the
last lecture that teachers with small-sized classes often failed
to maximize pupils' potential. He had explored a number of ideas
of how pupils learn and suggested ways of how teachers should adapt
their teaching approaches to accommodate these ideas. In addition,
he had also highlighted 8 key characteristics of effective small
class teaching. The seminar was well received by participants including
principals and teachers from primary and secondary schools. Please
click here for
the presentation materials.
 
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Seminar
on "Is Small Better? The Effect of Class Size on Pupil Performance and
Teaching Quality" (5 November 2003)
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We are most honourable to
have invited Prof Maurice Galton, the Associate Director of Research in
Homerton College at the Cambridge University, to host this seminar. The
seminar was well received by the participants, including representatives
from schools, educational bodies and government officials.
Discussions on class
size, in the past, were mainly based on findings of research studies
conducted in the United States, and experience of small class teaching
in Shanghai and East Asia. Prof Galton, however, presented in this
seminar his team's findings of a large scale study to develop and
evaluate effective group work at the primary and secondary school levels
in the United Kingdom. It found that, among other results, students of
different ability groups all benefited in a class of 25. Moreover, he
also emphasized the importance of enhanced teacher training in order to
get the optimum benefit from the lowering of class size.
For the presentation materials,
please click here.
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Seminar
on "Small Class Teaching in Practice"
jointly organised with the Department of Educational Policy and
Administration (16 July 2003)
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To further promote the
dialogue among local practitioners and contribute to the on-going social
debates on small class teaching, the Office of PAI and the Department of
Educational Policy and Administration, together with the Subsidized
Primary Schools Council and the Hong Kong Primary Education Research
Association, jointly organised a seminar entitled "Small Class Teaching
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During the seminar,
experienced principals and teachers from local primary schools,
including Mr Ho Kwok-suen, Principal of North Point Government Primary
School (A.M.) (北角官立小學上午校), Mr Lee Kwok-hung, Principal of
S.R.B.C.E.P.S.A. Ho Sau Ki School (A.M.) (柏立基教育學院校友會何壽基學校上午校), and Mr Li
Wing-hing, Principal of Pok Oi Hospital Chan Kwok Wai Primary School
(博愛醫院陳國威小學),
shared with participants their experience in implementing small class
teaching in their schools. They highlighted how such practices have
enhanced the effectiveness in teaching and learning with the constraints
of utilizing existing resources. Dr Lai Kwok-chan, Head
of PAI and Mr Ip Kin-yuen, Lecturer of EPA also reported on their
studies of small class teaching in Shanghai during their study trip to
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Seminar
on "Tensions in Teacher Education Reform in the United States" (22
January 2003)
This
seminar was hosted by Prof Marilyn Johnston, a Professor in the School
of
Teaching and Learning, College of Education, The Ohio State University. In
her presentation, Prof Johnston gave an overview on the tensions created
by
the teacher education reform in the U.S. She shared
with the participants the impact of the "No Child Left Behind" policy
and alternative teacher certification on traditional teacher education
programmes. Also, she briefed colleagues on the contextual changes taken
place since mid 1980s and in what ways these changes have shaped
the
education reform in the U.S. Further, she highlighted how teacher educators
responded to these challenges and the conceptual changes within teacher
education, thus resulting in various forms of performance-based assessment
for teacher education and teachers at individual level. For the presentation
materials, please click here.
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Seminar
on "From Shanghai to Hong Kong: The Policy and Implementation of Small
Class Teaching" jointly organised with the Department of Educational
Policy and Administration (19 November 2002)
In
view of the interest in policies and practice related to small class
teaching among the educational community, the Office of PAI and the
Department of Educational Policy and Administration (EPA) co-organised
a
seminar on "From Shanghai to Hong Kong: The Policy and Implementation of
Small Class Teaching" on 19 November 2002. Over 200 participants
took part
in this seminar. They included principals and teachers at various school
levels, officials from the Education Department and representatives
from various educational bodies.
Two
guests from Shanghai, Mr Mao Fang (毛放先生),
Deputy Director of the Basic Education Office, Shanghai Municipal Education
Commission, and Mr Zhang Zhi (張治先生),
Principal of Shanghai Yang Pu Primary School, delivered speeches at the
seminar, namely “Small Class Teaching in Shanghai” (“小班化教育”在上海)
and “Small Class Teaching Concerns the Development of Each and Every
Child” (“小班化教育”關注每個孩子的發展).
In addition, Mr Ip Kin Yuen, Lecturer of EPA also spoke on “Small Class
Teaching in Shanghai Primary Schools and its Implications for Hong Kong” (上海小學小班化教育對香港的啟示).
The participants actively took part in the discussions on the experience of
implementing small class teaching in Shanghai and the feasibility of
carrying out such policy in Hong Kong.
A
booklet entitled “小班教育的政策探討：資料集”
was distributed to participants during the seminar. For full version, please
click on the booklet as below.
(pdf version)
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Seminar
on "Teacher Professionalism and
Teacher Education Policy in Hong Kong: Continuity and Transformation"
jointly organised with the Department of Educational Policy and
Administration (13 June 2002)
To
commemorate the 10th anniversary of the EC Report No. 5, the Department
of
Educational Policy and Administration (EPA) and the Office of PAI jointly
organised a seminar on "Teacher Professionalism and Teacher Education
Policy in Hong Kong: Continuity and Transformation" on 13 June 2002.
Major developments in the past decade and future development of teacher
professionalism and teacher education were reviewed and examined during
this
event. It was well attended by some 200 participants including colleagues
from schools at various levels and other higher education institutions.
There were a number of distinguished guests who delivered speeches at the
seminar. They included Mr Li Yuet Ting, former Director of Education and
ex-member of the EC, Mrs Angela Cheung-Wong Wan Yiu, Council member of the
HKIEd and ex-member of the EC, Mr Tsoi Heung Sang, Vice-Principal of Queen
Elizabeth School Old Students' Association Secondary School and ex-member of
the ACTEQ, and Mrs Chan-Hsu Show Chee, Principal of Po Leung Kuk Lee Shing
Pik College. Dr K C Lai, Head of PAI also spoke on the changes in the
profile of the teaching profession in the past decade.
Apart
from the keynote speeches, there were group discussions held on five
themes,
namely "All Trained, All Graduate Policy", "Partnership of Higher
Education Institutions for Teacher Education Programmes", "Improvements
of Working Conditions and Environment in Schools", "Teacher
Professionalism” and “Professional Development of School Leaders".
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Seminar
on "Reflections on the BEd
and PGCE Routes into Teaching" (8 May 2002)
This
seminar was hosted by Ms Janet Draper who is a Senior Lecturer of the
Department of Education and Society in the University of Edinburgh,
Scotland. It was attended by more than 20 colleagues.
In
the seminar, she gave an overview of the two main routes, viz. BEd
and PGCE,
to prepare for primary teaching in Scotland. Particularly, she focused
on her research conducted in 1997 and shared with participants the findings
which included the intake characteristics, differences in work patterns and
head teachers' preferences of these two routes. Colleagues showed
great interest in the seminar and actively partook in discussions on the
implications of the studies and how far the Scottish experience is
applicable in the Hong Kong context.
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Staff
Forum on "Higher Education Review" (26 April 2002)
To
collect staff views on the UGC's Report on Higher Education Review
released in late March 2002, the PAI Office organised a Staff Forum on
Higher Education Review on 26 April 2002. It was well attended
by more than 70 colleagues. During the forum, Professor Paul
Morris, President,
highlighted the key recommendations of the Report and their implications
for the Institute's development. The speakers, Prof Y C Cheng, Prof
Kerry
Kennedy and Mr Ip Kin Yuen shared their views on a range of issues including
the market-driven and globalisation trends in higher education,
the new idea
of a university, the problems and strategies of the Review as well as the
suggestion of "merger" with other local universities. Based
on the comments provided by colleagues, the Office helped compile
and coordinate an
institutional response to the UGC in June 2002.
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Seminar
on "Workplace and Adult Education" (16 April 2002)
This
seminar, with the theme "How can a faculty of education take up the
challenges of workplace and adult education?", was held to support the
Institute's academic planning for 2004-07. It was hosted by
Professor Rod Gerber, Dean of Faculty of Education, Health &
Professional Studies, the University of New England.
Professor
Gerber shared with colleagues the concept of a faculty of education and the
role education plays with the emergence of new work order. In
particular, he described the contextual changes in education and workplace
markets. He also briefed participants on the increasing importance of
research which would help improve teaching and learning for adults and in
the workplace.
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Seminar
on "Recent
Trends in Teacher Education in the USA and their Implications for Hong
Kong" (18 March 2002)
The
Office organised this seminar as part of its initiatives to support the
formulation of the next Academic Development Proposals.
It was hosted by two experienced teacher educators from the University of
Minnesota, Professor John Cogan and Professor Michael Hartoonian of the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction. This event was well attended
by over 30 HKIEd colleagues.
The
two professors gave an overview of the recent reform initiatives introduced
in US teacher education. In particular, they focused on
post-baccalaureate initial teacher licensure and the development of
Professional Practice Schools (PPS) which serve as collaborative ventures
between local universities and urban schools. They also briefed the
participants on the trend in some states to move teacher education out of
the university sector and directly into the schools.
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Seminar
on Strategic Planning (23 May 2001)
This
seminar was hosted by two guests from the University of Minnesota,
Prof Steve Daley-Laursen, Associate Dean of College of Natural Resources,
and Prof Fred Finley, Head of Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
They shared with participants their reflections on their experience in
strategic planning and compact planning at various levels in the University
of Minnesota, and identified ways to facilitate their smooth implementation.
Colleagues actively participated in discussions on how strategic planning
would be best linked with resource allocation and individual
responsibilities.
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Last updated: 21 Oct
2004
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