{"id":2617,"date":"2025-04-07T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gs.eduhk.hk\/?post_type=event-highlight&p=2617"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:46:14","slug":"postgraduate-students-observe-innovative-teaching-models-through-a-local-primary-school-visit","status":"publish","type":"event-highlight","link":"https:\/\/gs.eduhk.hk\/zh-hans\/event-highlight\/postgraduate-students-observe-innovative-teaching-models-through-a-local-primary-school-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Postgraduate students observe innovative teaching models through a local primary school visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Postgraduate students from the Education University of Hong Kong embarked on an educational visit to F.D.B.W.A. Chow Chin Yau School on April 7th<\/sup>, 2025. The event encompassed an introduction to school-based curriculum and teaching philosophy, an English lesson observation, and a visit to various campus facilities, immersing students in the school\u2019s unique learning environment and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event commenced with a warm welcome from Principal Cheng Lai Kuen Tammy in the auditorium, followed by her detailed introduction to the school\u2019s teaching philosophy and characteristic curriculum. Among the elements of the curriculum, the \u201c3E\u201d teaching philosophy, based on three core elements of Engage, Experience and Explore, fully utilises children\u2019s active and playful nature. Through diverse teaching activities, it effectively strengthens students\u2019 learning motivation and abilities while cultivating their positive values and attitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Principal Cheng demonstrated how the school extends learning beyond the classroom with examples. For instance, teachers adopt a \u201clet go\u201d approach in overseas learning activities, allowing students to solve problems and complete tasks independently in a foreign language environment. Additionally, the school organises game-based lessons and activities that care for the community and disadvantaged groups, fostering students\u2019 positive values. Moreover, the school promotes opportunities for students to showcase their talents, embodying the educational vision of \u201crespecting the uniqueness of every child and enabling children to pursue their dreams confidently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visit continued with an English lesson observation, which aimed to teach the usage of \u201cought to\/ought not to.\u201d The teacher skillfully selected everyday life scenarios as teaching materials, enhancing students\u2019 interest in learning. The lesson helped students understand the grammar and \u201cinconsiderate behaviours\u201d through real-life situations, effectively combining subject knowledge with values education. After the observation, the teacher exchanged in-depth ideas regarding teaching practices with the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsequently, Principal Cheng led a campus tour of the Butterfly Dream Promenade. This promenade is a unique ecological space where students observe the life cycle of butterflies from egg-laying and pupation to adult emergence, and then release them back to nature. This process cultivates students\u2019 scientific inquiry spirit and understanding of life education. Upon returning to the auditorium, Principal Cheng played the music video of the school\u2019s campus theme song. The song was self-composed, and the video was performed, acted, and filmed collaboratively by teachers and students. The visit helped participants understand the student-centred philosophy through various practices, revealing the creativity and possibilities of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tour concluded with a Q and A session hosted by Principal Cheng. Her inspiring words on education truly resonated with the prospective teachers, particularly her statement that \u201cinnovation is born with breaking through traditions\u201d. The commitment and effort to transform educational philosophies into practice provided valuable insights for aspiring educators: the future of education is about both expertise transmission and a co-creation journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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