Category: Uncategorized

Date:
10 JUN 2019
 
Title:
STEM Education Series: Sharing on Good Practices in STEM Education for Secondary Schools (I) (New)
 
Venue:
Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong
 
Description:
Objective:
In the 2018/19 school year, four secondary schools are designated as Professional Development Schools (PDS) for promoting STEM education. Each PDS forms a network of several Partner Schools (PS) focusing on specific pedagogical themes related to STEM education to foster an interactive collaborative culture and to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching through various exchange activities.

The PDSs and PSs will share with participants (1) school-based experiences and strategies for planning and implementing STEM education and (2) some learning and teaching activities for strengthening students’ ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills across different STEM disciplines.
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Date:
13 JUN 2019 – 15 JUN 2019
 
Title:
International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2019
 
Venue:
Conference Centre, Podium Level, Block E, The Education University of Hong Kong (10 Lo Ping Rd, Tai Po)
 
Description:
Objective:
International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2019 (CTE2019) to be held on 13-15 June, 2019 (Thursday – Saturday) at The Education University of Hong Kong, is the 3rd international conference organized by the CoolThink@JC*.

CTE2019 will provide an international exchange platform to facilitate professional development and communication in CTE. The event comprises keynote and invited speeches, forum, workshop and academic paper presentations. Last year, the conference attracted over 500 educational practitioners worldwide.

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Date:
1 JUN 2019
 
Title:
STEM knowledge updates series: Workshop on the application of augmented reality (AR) technology in STEM education (New)
 
Venue:
Maker Space, Rm 109, 1/F, Arts & Technology Education Centre, 145 Junction Road, Lok Fu, Kowloon
 
Description:
Objective:
● To enhance participants’ understanding of the basic concepts of Augmented Reality (AR) and their uses in STEM education
● To facilitate participants to promote STEM education in schools through the application of AR technology
Event Details

Date:
7 – 16 MAY 2019
 
Title:
STEM Education Series: Classroom Observation of a STEM-related Lesson (New)
 
Venue:
Lok Sin Tong Yu Kan Hing Secondary School
3 Fu Yue St, Wang Tau Hom, Kowloon
 
Description:
Objective:
This course aims to provide an opportunity for participants to have classroom observation, so as to enhance their understanding of the design of a STEM-related lesson.
(Event AA – Observing S1 class: Design and Make a Smart Plant Pot;
Event AB – Observing S1 class: Scientific Investigation on the Factors Affecting Heat Transfer)

Event Details

Date:
23 MAY 2019
 
Title:
STEM Education Series : Reading to Learn STEM (II) (New)
 
Venue:
WB, 4/F, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong
 
Description:
Objective:
1. To introduce e-reading platform / online resources to facilitate the promotion of STEM education; and
2. To share the experience in promoting STEM education through school-based reading pogramme.

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Date:
24 MAY 2019
 
Title:
STEM knowledge updates series: Application of latest 3D printing technology in STEM project – Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) 3D printing with continuous fibre composites (Refreshed)
 
Venue:
Maker Space, Rm 109, 1/F, Arts & Technology Education Centre, 145 Junction Road, Lok Fu, Kowloon
 
Description:
Objective:
● To enhance participants’ understanding on the advantage and limitation of FDM 3D Printing using continuous fibre composites
● To facilitate participants to promote STEM education in schools through applying 3D printing technology
Event Details

Date:
28 MAY 2019
 
Title:
Workshop on the Use of Halocode to Develop Junior Secondary Students’ Programming Concepts
 
Venue:
STEM Education Centre, 1/F, Arts & Technology Education Centre, 145 Junction Road, Lok Fu, Kowloon
 
Description:
Objective:
– To enhance participants’ pedagogical knowledge on using Halocode to develop junior secondary students’ programming concepts
– To facilitate participants to promote STEM education in school through teaching coding
Event Details

Date:
29 Apr 2019 – 14 May 2019
 
Title:
Model Airship Design Competition
 
Description:
Objective:
The Model Airship Design Competition is jointly organised by the STEM Education Centre and the Arts & Technology Education Centre of the Education Bureau (EDB), as well as the VTC STEM Education Centre. It aims to encourage students’ creativity, application of STEM knowledge and skills, as well as to nurture their hands-on ability and collaboration skills.

Students will be participating in groups to make model airships. The Competition will be held on 8 July 2019 (Monday).

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EDB Circular Memorandum (Annex 4)

Date:
29 APR 2019
 
Title:
Seminar on the Latest Development of Science Education, Technology Education and Mathematics Education Key Learning Area Curricula cum Sharing of Good Practices (Refreshed)
 
Venue:
Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, Education Bureau Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon
 
Description:
The Government attaches great importance to the promotion of STEM education with a view to nurturing students’ learning interest, enhancing their creativity, collaboration and problem solving skills as well as developing their innovativeness. Besides, students are encouraged to study STEM-related disciplines and pursue relevant careers in the future for the sustainable development of Hong Kong. Among the recommended strategies to promote STEM education, enhancement of professional development of teachers is a key support measure to facilitate schools to implement STEM education.

This seminar aims to further strengthen curriculum leaders and middle managers’ capacity in planning and implementing school-based STEM-related activities with focus on holistic curriculum planning and cross-KLA/cross-subject collaboration in secondary schools and to share some frameworks and strategies for and school-based experience in strengthening students’ ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills.

The seminar will include sharing on:
(1) the latest development of STEM education and the related cross-KLA collaboration;
(2) the frameworks and strategies in planning and promoting STEM education in secondary schools;
(3) good practices on school-based STEM related initiatives; and
(4) Community resource to promote STEM education.
Event Details

Date:
12 APR 2019
 
Title:
Symposium on STEM Education (New)
 
Venue:
School Hall, Lok Sin Tong Yu Kan Hing Secondary School, 3 Fu Yue Street, Wang Tau Hom, Kowloon
 
Description:
The promotion of STEM education in schools is a development focus in the Policy Addresses of recent years. It aims to unleash students’ potential and develop their capacity to innovate by enhancing their interest in learning Science, Technology and Mathematics, as well as ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills across the related disciplines. By doing so, we believe that we can nurture a versatile pool of talents with different sets and levels of skills to enhance the competitiveness of Hong Kong.

In the past few years, EDB has been actively promoting STEM education. Most schools have started to implement STEM education as one of the focus of school-based curriculum development with the aim to enable students to become effective lifelong learners in response to the macro changes in the 21st Century.
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