Annual Report 2003–04

part of the department's informal education initiative to enhance the competitiveness and marketability of its major students. Fourteen mentors were recruited to pair u p with 34 students and 11 students were placed as interns to six institutions. A key feature of the project was the heavy involvement of the department's Student Society in its planning and implementation. • The Department o f Psychology organized an 'International Conference on Neuropsychology: Recent Advances in th e East and West' from 9th to 12th December 2003. Aime d at providing a forum for professional and scholars in Asian and Western countries to exchange ideas on neuropsychology, the conference is composed of workshops by world-renowned neuroscientists, as well as presentations and discussions about unique research conducted i n China. • With the sponsorship of the Quality Education Fund, over 1,400 students and 200 teachers attended lectures , seminars, and workshops of the Department of Sociology's outreac h programme to support the teaching and learning of Liberal Studie s at the secondary level. In anticipation of the rapid changes tha t education reform will bring, the department assisted the formation of the Hong Kong Liberal Studies Teachers' Association in June 2004. 中包括導師計劃和實習計劃。前者獲十四名導師參與，帶 領三十四名學生；後者則有十一名學生到六所機構實習。 學生系會無論在此計劃的籌備或開展過程中，均積極參 與。 •心理學系於二零零三年十二月九至十二日舉辦「腦與行為 科研在東西方之進程」研討會，以促進中西學者和專家的 學術研究與交流。世界著名腦神經科學家應邀就腦功能心 理學的最新研究狀況和發展作專題演講，並探討獨具中國 特色的腦功能研究。 •社會學系獲優質敎育基金贊助中學通識敎育科目敎學的外 展計劃，使一千四百多名中學生及二百多人次中學敎師得 以參加有關的演講、研討會及工作坊。該系又積極推動通 識敎育敎師的專業發展，並協助成立通識敎育敎師聯會。 Opening ceremony of the Hong Kon g Liberal Studies Teachers' Association 學術發展 Academic Development 39