Bulletin Spring 1976

Conference on ''Innovations in Educational Communications” in session Research teams from ten countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas will be cooperating and the data collected will be compared under the coordination of the International Committe e for the Study of Educational Exchange. Educational Communications and Technology Centre In August 1973, an Educational Communications and Technology Centre was set up, consisting mainly of a Television Studio and an Educational Technology Laboratory. This Centre has been put to good use in promoting the effective employment of educational media techniques for Teaching , Course Work, Micro-teaching, Oral Communication and Dr ama Workshop, Research and Educational Television productions. It also serves to provide facilities and consultation services for other units in the University. The following activities of th e Centre have stimulated great interest among the Hong Kong public and attracted many visitors: (a) In February 1974, an Audio-visual Materials Exhibition was organized (b) In April 1975 with the assistance of the Audio-visual Education Committee of the Education Department of Hong Kong, an Education Communications an d Technology Conference, entitled "Innovations in Educational Communications", was held; (c) Towards the end of July 1975, a three-day "Television Production and Programming Conference", jointly sponsored by the Centre and the Wah Kiu Tat Po, was held. Service to the Community The School publishes the journal, Studium, as a means of promoting wider interest in education and educational problems in Hon g Kong. I t also sponsors occasional workshops , seminars and conferences, both for its own students and for other interested parties. Thus, a symposium on the Teaching of Chinese Language was held in 1970 and a seminar on the White Paper on Secondary Education in Hong Kong over the Next Decade in 1974. In Ma r ch 1976, at the request of the Hong Kong Private Anglo-Chinese School s Association and in conjunction with the Department of Extra- Mural Studies of The Chinese University, the School of Education is offering two courses, "Ma n a g eme n t of Classroom Discipline" and "Preparing Classroom Tests", for members of the Association. The staff of the School also conducts courses and workshops for various local organizations, such as a two-day workshop on the "Preparation of Modern Types of Examination Questions" and a three-day workshop on "Teachin g Methodology", sponsored by the Hong Kong Nurses' Association. Revision of the secondary school curriculum is an urgent task, and individual lecturers of the School serve on various committees on curriculum development of the Educatio n Department. In order to provide a forum for discussion , the School is planning to organize a conference o n "Curriculum and Teaching" in 1977. It is hoped tha t this Centre will continue to contribute to the improvement of teaching methods in Hong Kong schools. The School is fully aware of its responsibility to the Hong Kong community and endeavours to provide whatever service it can to meet its needs. 11